Bursting the Myths of the Great Depression

Posted: Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010

The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Great Depression and the New Deal
by Robert P. Murphy (Regnery, 2009); 272 pages.

Government of all kind depends on elaborate mythologies to keep the people complacent in the face of constant attacks on their liberty, their property, and even their lives. Kings used to proclaim that they were divine or at least that they ruled with divine approval, so disobedience to them was actually disobedience to God or the gods. That worked to keep most of the citizenry in line for a very long time.

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