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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 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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My son will be turning 8 years old soon and he is exceptionally bright for his age...and he is really showing a strong interest in economics and politics. He already understands the value of collecting gold & silver over paper money, and totally understands inflation as well! During the presidential...
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Wow, can't believe I missed this and it only got one response. Rothbard was a great economic historian, you can refer to the following works, available at Mises for free in various digital mediums and in print at the Store. America's Great Depression Free: http://mises.org/rothbard/agd.pdf Print...
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I'm curious what some of you have to say about G. Edward Griffin's "The Creature from Jekyll Island" book? Did you like it? Was it thorough enough or was there any important information you know of that might not have been included by Griffin? Just curious about your thoughts regarding...