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Great Myths of the Great Depression By Lawrence W. Reed

“Old myths never die; they just keep showing up in economics and political science textbooks.” – Lawrence W. Reed

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Audio linkListen to Lawrence W. Reed discuss the “Great Myths” on the Mike Rosen Show [13].

New Deal or Raw Deal:How FDR’s Economic Legacy Has Damaged America By Burton W. Folsom Jr.

Folsom on the Great Depression

In this shocking and groundbreaking new book, economic historian Burton W. Folsom exposes the idyllic legend of Franklin D. Roosevelt as a myth of epic proportions.

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FDR’s Folly by Jim Powell

Powell on the Great DepressionIn FDR’s Folly, historian Jim Powell argues that it was in fact the New Deal itself, with its shortsighted programs, that deepened the Great Depression, swelled the federal government, and prevented the country from turning around quickly.

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The Roosevelt Myth by John Flynn

Flynn on the Great DepressionThis book is in no sense a biography of Franklin D. Roosevelt. It is rather a critical account of that episode in American politics known as the New Deal. As to the President, it is an account of an image projected upon the popular mind which came to be known as Franklin D. Roosevelt. It is the author’s conviction that this image did not at all correspond to the man himself and that it is now time to correct the lineaments of this synthetic figure created by highly intelligent propaganda, aided by mass illusion and finally enlarged and elaborated out of all reason by the fierce moral and mental disturbances of the war. The purpose of this book, therefore, is to present the Franklin D. Roosevelt of the years 1932 to 1945 in his normal dimensions, reduced in size to agree with reality.” – John Flynn

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The Forgotten Man by Amity Shales

Shales on the Great DepressionIts duration and depth made the Depression “Great,” and Shlaes, a prominent conservative economics journalist, considers why a decade of government intervention ameliorated but never tamed it.” -Booklist

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America’s Great Depression By Murray Rothbard

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To portray the interventionist efforts of the Hoover administration to cure the depression we may quote Hoover’s own summary of his program, during his Presidential campaign in the fall of 1932.” -Murray Rothbard

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[1] News Flash: FDR Didn’t Restore Prosperity: http://www.thefreemanonline.org/departments/perspective/fdr-restore-prosperity/

[2] Rome and the Great Depression: http://fee.org/articles/rome-great-depression/

[3] The Great Depression According to Milton Friedman: http://www.thefreemanonline.org/featured/the-great-depression-according-to-milton-friedman/

[4] The Great Escape from the Great Depression: http://www.thefreemanonline.org/columns/our-economic-past-the-great-escape-from-the-great-depression/

[5] Mysteries of the Great Depression Finally Solved: http://www.thefreemanonline.org/columns/the-mysteries-of-the-great-depression-finally-solved/

[6] The Great Duration, 1929 – 1941: http://www.thefreemanonline.org/columns/our-economic-past-the-great-duration-1929-41/

[7] The Great Depression: http://www.thefreemanonline.org/columns/the-great-depression-3/

[8] Myths of the New Deal: http://www.thefreemanonline.org/columns/myths-of-the-new-deal/

[9] Great Depression: http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/GreatDepression.html

[10] Our Economic Past~The Great Contraction, 1929-33: http://www.thefreemanonline.org/columns/our-economic-past-the-great-contraction-1929-33/

[11] Read Online: http://www.fee.org../articles/great-myths-of-the-great-depression/

[12] hard copies available in FEE’s Store: https://fee.org/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=44&zenid=8dec8b6f85fe0dff7ca593c3769e594f

[13] Mike Rosen Show: http://a1135.g.akamai.net/f/1135/18227/1h/cchannel.download.akamai.com/18227/podcast/DENVER-CO/KOA-AM/Rosen03-03-09-10AM.mp3?CPROG=PCAST&MARKET=DENVER-CO&NG_FORMAT=newstalk&SITE_ID=668&STATION_ID=KOA-AM&PCAST_AUTHOR=Mike_Rosen&PCAST_CAT=Spoken_Word&PCAST_TITLE=The_Mike_Rosen_Show

[14] Buy from Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/New-Deal-Raw-Economic-Damaged/dp/1416592229

[15] Buy from Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/FDRs-Folly-Roosevelt-Prolonged-Depression/dp/0761501657

[16] Buy from Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Roosevelt-Myth-John-T-Flynn/dp/0930073282/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1236356020&sr=1-2

[17] Buy from Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Forgotten-Man-History-Great-Depression/dp/0060936428/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1236356547&sr=1-1

[18] Download PDF: http://www.mises.org/rothbard/agd.pdf

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