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There is a fellow I often have political debates with at work, who is a progressive democrat fervently against the federal reserve because it's a "private bank" running the country. He believes in greenbacks, but is totally against the fed despite my efforts of explaining how greenbacks...
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Does anyone have information on how many companies failed/went bankrupt/were taken over as a consequence of the dot-com bubble? I'm trying to map out the consequences of the bubble, but can't seem to find general data, there's mainly mentions of failed big companies. (One often quoted source...
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Hallo all, where can I find a history or an exhaustive listing of business cycles, or at least the panics and depressions? There are many resources on at least some panics, I can't seem to find one that would sum them up. Thanks!
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I am currently doing a dissertation on American foreign policy and at the moment I am reading William Appleman Williams The Tragedy of American Diplomacy . In it, he says that US expansionist policies gained support from industrialists and farmers in an effort to "open" and/or "find"...
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/21/weekinreview/21uchitelle.html Read the article, and let me know what you think.
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When you say that they find the writings of Rothbard too hardcore-libertarian, have you actually shown them or are you just assuming this will be their reaction? If it's the latter, then I would suggest showing them Rothbard's work anyway (specifically: The Case Against the Fed , What Has Government...