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I was reading Doug French's book about the housing collapse and came across the Shiller graph showing historical home values. I'm a self-taught student of economics and don't have the background that others might. I wanted to pick the brains of the Mises community on the housing spike/collapse...
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I am wondering if anyone knows anything about the duties on imports and tonnage which the Union imposed in the summer of 1789 as a result of the first session of Congress, or if anyone has any general knowledge about import/tonnage duties. Specifically, I would like answers to the following questions...
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I just got done reading the book a few days ago and I would recommend it too anyone who is interested in economics or history. http://www.economics.harvard.edu/files/faculty/51_Aftermath.pdf I bought the book after reading this essay. The book covers various kinds of financial crisis that range from...
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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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The catch is the cartoon is 50 years old and very accuractly illustrates/predicts the inevitable an obvious consequences we have to face today. http://ow.ly/6tuN
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The segment on "Chimerica" is certainly a wake up call for those of us in the US! Humorous phrasing, that. I thought the PBS version was very good, if a little bit flashy in its editing/pacing. There was a lot of good information on money and finance, and (surprisingly for this type of current...