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austrianeconomists.typepad.com - 10/21/2009
Hayek on Deflation and the Great Depression
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Steve Horwitz Greg Ransom has found a new book with an interview done with Hayek in 1979. In it, Hayek says the following: “I agree with Milton Friedman that once the Crash had occurred, the Federal Reserve System pursued a silly deflationary policy. I am not only against inflation but ...
nber.org - 10/25/2009
The Slide to Protectionism in the Great Depression: Who Succumbed and Why?
— nber.org — The Great Depression was marked by protectionist trade policies and the breakdown of the multilateral trading system.... But contrary to the presumption that all countries scrambled to raise trade barriers, there was substantial cross-country variation ... (more) The Slide to Protectionism in the Great Depression: Who ...

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economistsview.typepad.com - 10/25/2009
"The Roots of Protectionism in the Great Depression"
— economistsview.typepad.com — Lessons from the Great Depression: The Roots of Protectionism in the Great Depression, by Laurent Belsie, NBER... Reporter : The Great Depression was a breeding ground for protectionism. Output fell, prices declined, and unemployment rose, ... (more) "The Roots of Protectionism in the Great Depression"

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nber.org - 10/25/2009
The Roots of Protectionism in the Great Depression
— nber.org — The Roots of Protectionism in the Great Depression had more countries been willing to abandon the gold... standard and use monetary policy to counter the slump, fewer would have been driven to impose trade restrictions. The Great Depression was a ... (more) The Roots of Protectionism in the Great Depression

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J. Bradford DeLong's Grasping Reality with All Eight Tentacles — ... Brad Johnson: Answers For DeLong About The SuperFreaks, Part One Steve Horwitz: Hayek on Deflation and the Great Depression ...

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Marginal Revolution — 1. 4500-page Thesaurus: "The draft thesaurus was almost destroyed in a fire in 1978, but despite the building being gutted, a metal filing cabinet protected the files." 2. Markets in everything: who said resources are not mobile in Germany? 3. Hayek opposed deflation; he said the same in MTaTTC too. 4. Donate your organs by iPhone. I'm still looking for an ideal "economics" link on the Catholic-Anglican development.  Do you have one?

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