America's Great Depression
by Murray N. Rothbard
Publisher: Ludwig Von Mises Institute 2000
ISBN/ASIN: 0945466056
ISBN-13: 9780945466055
Number of pages: 409
Description:
Murray N. Rothbard's America's Great Depression is a staple of modern economic literature and crucial for understanding a pivotal event in American and world history. Since it first appeared in 1963, it has been the definitive treatment of the causes of the depression. The book remains canonical today because the debate is still very alive.
Download or read it online for free here:
Download link
(950KB, PDF)
Similar books

by Peter Barnes - Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Barnes' idea is that we need to use a 3rd institution to develop a better form a capitalism that takes into account natural resources that are used and not accounted for. This is needed, because government has failed to do a good job in this regard.
(14449 views)

by Philipp Bagus, David Howden - Ludwig von Mises Institute
In this book, the two young Professors Bagus and Howden document the sad story of the Icelandic government's policy mistakes -- the artificial creation of a boom, and the savage bust that was the inevitable outcome of this boom.
(5991 views)

by Jacqueline Best - Cambridge University Press
In contrast to the structural adjustment era when policymakers were confident that they had all the answers, the author argues that we are now in an era of provisional governance. This book considers the implications of this shift ...
(5865 views)

by Kel Kelly - Ludwig von Mises Institute
What's the American system of economics? Most people would say it is capitalism, which thereby deserves all fault when anything goes wrong. Kel Kelly responds to this myth in this comprehensive treatment of the free market and intervention.
(7297 views)