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Episode 11: The Truth About the Great Depression, with Larry Reed
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.
https://reformedlibertarians.com/011/
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
The Reformed Libertarians Podcast is a project of the Libertarian Christian Institute: https://libertarianchristians.com and a member of the Christians for Liberty Network: https://christiansforliberty.net
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