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Mackinac Center President Emeritus Lawrence W. Reed Will Discuss “Lessons from the Great Depression” at CMU

Economist and author of “Great Myths of the Great Depression” to speak April 13

… Reed will discuss the Great Depression and how its lessons relate … his popular monograph, "Great Myths of the Great Depression," which explodes the conventional thinking about the Great Depression and the role the federal … government played in the Great Depression," Reed said. "FDR's policies …

Great Myths of the Great Depression

(Editor's note: This publication was updated in April 2010.) Students today are often given a skewed account of the Great Depression of 1929-1941 that condemns free-market capitalism as the cause of, and promotes government intervention as the solution to, the economic hardships of the era. In this …

What We Should Have Learned from the Great Depression

… president of the Independence Institute. Reed discussed his monograph “Great Myths of the Great Depression” and how it relates to today’s discussion of government over-regulation …

Great Myths About the Great Depression Still Abound

… found a way out of the Great Depression by putting people to … bought into one of the biggest myths of American politics – that … impacts of FDR’s New Deal in “Great Myths of the Great Depression.” The Great Depression … country had had several other depressions, but none lasted more than …

Great Depression Myths Revisited

Introduction

… threatening a repeat of the Great Depression. This week, the Mackinac … popular publications ever: "Great Myths of the Great Depression," written in 1998 and … details the cause of the depression, the government interventions … sustained it, and how the myths that federal policies eventually …

Great Depression Myths Revisited

Phase I: The Business Cycle

… threatening a repeat of the Great Depression. This week, the Mackinac … popular publications ever: "Great Myths of the Great Depression," written in 1998 and … details the cause of the depression, the government interventions … sustained it, and how the myths that federal policies eventually …

Great Depression Myths Revisited

Phase II: Disintegration of the World Economy

… threatening a repeat of the Great Depression. This week, the Mackinac … popular publications ever: "Great Myths of the Great Depression," written in 1998 and … details the cause of the depression, the government interventions … sustained it, and how the myths that federal policies eventually …

Great Depression Myths Revisited

Phase III: The New Deal

… threatening a repeat of the Great Depression. This week, the Mackinac … popular publications ever: "Great Myths of the Great Depression," written in 1998 and … details the cause of the depression, the government interventions … sustained it, and how the myths that federal policies eventually …

Great Depression Myths Revisited

Phase IV: The Wagner Act

… threatening a repeat of the Great Depression. This week, the Mackinac … popular publications ever: "Great Myths of the Great Depression," written in 1998 and … details the cause of the depression, the government interventions … sustained it, and how the myths that federal policies eventually …

Agricultural Price Controls are the Pits

Michigan cherry farmers, others, affected

Ron French has a great article in Bridge Magazine looking at "the crazy economics of Michigan's favorite … Emeritus Larry Reed described in his essay, "Great Myths of the Great Depression": Roosevelt secured passage of the Agricultural …