Meltdown: The Classic Free-Market Analysis of the 2008 Financial Crisis

by Thomas E. Woods Jr.

Overview

With a foreword from Ron Paul, Meltdown is the free-market answer to the Fed-created economic crisis. As the new Obama administration inevitably calls for more regulations, Woods argues that the only way to rebuild our economy is by returning to the fundamentals of capitalism and letting the free market work.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781596981065
Publisher:	Skyhorse Publishing
Publication date:	02/09/2009
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	194
File size:	272 KB

About the Author

Thomas E. Woods Jr. is the New York Times bestselling author of Meltdown and The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History, among other books. He holds a bachelor's degree in history from Harvard and a Ph.D. in history from Columbia University. A recipient of the Templeton Enterprise Award and the O. P. Alford III Prize for Libertarian Scholarship, he is a senior fellow at the Ludwig von Mises Institute.

Table of Contents

Foreword Congressman Ron Paul x

Introduction xiii

Chapter 1 The Elephant In The Living Room 1

Chapter 2 How Government Created The Housing Bubble 11

Chapter 3 The Great Wall Street Bailout 37

Chapter 4 How Government Causes The Boom-Bust Business Cycle 63

Chapter 5 Great Myths About The Great Depression 87

Chapter 6 Money 109

Chapter 7 What Now? 141

Acknowledgments 159

Appendix: Further Reading 161

Notes 165

Index 177

About The Author 187

Editorial Reviews

I strongly recommend Woods’s work.”
— THE HONORABLE RON PAUL, U.S. House of Representatives

“The smartest guy in the room.”
— JUDGE ANDREW P. NAPOLITANO, senior judicial analyst, Fox News

“ Tom Woods is one of my dearest allies in the struggle against wrongheaded and dangerous economic policy.”
—PETER SCHIFF, CEO, Euro Pacific Capital

“ Tom has written some great stuff over the years, and he’s contributed to the education of a lot of people, including myself.”
— DAVID STOCKMAN, director of Ronald Reagan’s Office of Management and Budget, 1981–1985

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