Episode Details

Anyone educated in the public school system in the United States has been force-fed a series of lies about the Great Depression. In this episode, we set the record straight while pointing out how the Left-wing in America are a one-trick pony. They make the same arguments today as they did almost 100 years ago!

Three myths about the Great Depression are examined:

Myth #1 - Herbert Hoover and his free market laissez-faire economic policies caused the depression.

Myth #2 - FDR and the New Deal kept the depression from getting worse.

Myth #3 - World War II cured the depression.

Show Notes

Truth Quest Podcast

• Episode #4 - The Truth About Minimum Wage
• Episode #24 - The Truth About Tariffs
• Episode #27 - The Truth About the Federal Reserve - An Introduction
• Episode #28 - The Truth About the Federal Reserve - The Results

Daniel Mitchell’s blog posts:

• Keynesianism is Wrong
• Blame Washington for the Great Depression
• FDR's New Deal Exacerbated the Great Depression

If FDR’s New Deal Didn’t End the Depression, then World War II Did

33 Questions About American History, Tom Woods Chapter 22, 23 and 24

The Great Depression was a Calamity of Unfettered Capitalism – Lawrence Read

FDR’s Folly: How Roosevelt and His New Deal Prolonged the Great Depression

America’s Great Depression, Murray Rothbard

Real Lessons from the Great Depression

Out of Work Unemployment and Government in Twentieth Century America

New Deal Policies and the Persistence of the Great Depression: A General Equilibrium Analysis (Journal of Political Economy, 2004).

Hoover and the Great Depression

Did FDR End the Great Depression

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