Ep. 11: The Truth About the Great Depression, with Larry Reed
The Reformed Libertarians Podcast · Libertarian Christian Institute
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Show Notes
An interview with Lawrence W. Reed, President emeritus of The Foundation for Economic Education, about his booklet, Great Myths of the Great Depression. We talk about the Progressive Era as the context for the government policies that brought about the Great Depression, and discuss several commonly misunderstood elements that caused or perpetuated the Great Depression. We conclude with a note about personal character.
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00:00 Start
00:32 Episode description Book discussed: https://fee.org/resources/great-myths-of-the-great-depression/
01:51 About Mr. Reed https://www.lawrencewreed.com/about Books by Mr. Reed https://www.lawrencewreed.com/books
03:07 Mr. Reed's background and faith
07:13 Jesus is NOT a socialist https://www.amazon.com/dp/1610171608?tag=kerrybaldwin-20
09:56 The Progressive Era
15:34 Progressive population control The eugenics movement, by Bradley Thomas https://fee.org/articles/the-progressive-ideas-that-fueled-america-s-eugenics-movement/
18:27 Monetary policy and the Fed https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLALopHfWkFlGvgxFXosWmjzSGw95IFa1t
24:21 Tariffs, income tax, and stifling trade https://fee.org/articles/its-more-important-to-be-american-than-to-buy-american/
29:06 New Deal disasters https://fee.org/articles/fdr-campaigned-on-fiscal-restraint-in-1932-he-delivered-just-the-opposite/
34:32 Government causes inflation https://fee.org/articles/35-government-is-an-inflation-fighter/
36:21 Wagner Act disasters
41:12 Minimum wage https://fee.org/articles/38-the-minimum-wage-helps-the-poor/
44:59 The importance of personal character https://fee.org/articles/character-liberty-and-economics
Further Resources
The Progressive Era, by Murray Rothbard https://mises.org/library/progressive-era-0
America's Great Depression, by Murray Rothbard https://mises.org/library/americas-great-depression
What Has Government Done To Our Money, by Murray Rothbard https://mises.org/library/what-has-government-done-our-money
The Case Against The Fed, by Murray Rothbard https://mises.org/library/case-against-fed-0
The Great Depression, by Hans Sennholz https://mises.org/library/great-depression
Herbert Hoover and the Great Depression, by Tom Woods audio: https://mises.org/library/14-herbert-hoover-and-great-depression
Truth about the Great Depression, by Thomas DiLorenzo audio: https://mises.org/library/9-truth-about-great-depression
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