Category: Economics

A History of Money and Banking in the United States

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BOOK REVIEW A History of Money and Banking in the United States: The Colonial Era to World War IIby Murray N. Rothbard 2002 About the AuthorMurray N. Rothbard (1926-1995) distinguished himself as an economist, writing a major treatise on theory, several important economic histories, and a highly praised history of economic thought. But he was … Continue reading A History of Money and Banking in the United States

How to Think about the Economy

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BOOK REVIEW How to Think about the Economy; A Primer by Per E. Bylund 2022 About the AuthorPer L. Bylund, Ph.D., is associate professor in the School of Entrepreneurship and holds the Johnny D. Pope Chair at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, OK. His research focuses on entrepreneurship and prosperity creation, often inspired by the … Continue reading How to Think about the Economy

God and Mammon

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BOOK REVIEW God and Mammon: Chronicles of American Money by Lance Morrow 2020 About the AuthorLance Morrow is an American essayist whose op-ed articles regularly appear in the Wall Street Journal. He is the Henry Grunwald Senior Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, DC. For many years, he was an essayist … Continue reading God and Mammon

Founding Finance

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BOOK REVIEW Founding Finance: How Debt, Speculation, Foreclosures, Protests, and Crackdowns Made Us a Nation  By William Hogeland   2012 Website: williamhogeland.wordpress.com About the Author William Hogeland is also the author of the Wild Early Republic trilogy: "The Whiskey Rebellion" (2006), "Declaration" (2010), and "Autumn of the Black Snake" (2017). Hogeland has also written  for "The … Continue reading Founding Finance

We the People

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BOOK REVIEW We the People: The Economic Origins of the Constitution By Forrest McDonald 2017 About the Author Forrest McDonald was Distinguished Research Professor of History at the University of Alabama. He was the Sixteenth Jefferson Lecturer in the Humanities in 1987 and was awarded the Ingersoll Prize in 1990. Dr. McDonald was the author … Continue reading We the People

Economics in One Lesson

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BOOK REVIEW Economics in One Lesson: The Shortest and Surest Way to Understand Basic Economics By Henry Hazlitt  1978 edition (first edition 1946) About the Author Henry Hazlitt (1894-1993), was a libertarian philosopher, an economist, and a journalist. He was the founding vice-president of the Foundation for Economic Education and an early editor of The … Continue reading Economics in One Lesson

Founding Finance

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BOOK REVIEW Founding Finance: How Debt, Speculation, Foreclosures, Protests, and Crackdowns Made Us a Nation  By William Hogeland  2012 Website: williamhogeland.wordpress.com About the Author William Hogeland is also the author of the Wild Early Republic trilogy: "The Whiskey Rebellion" (2006), "Declaration" (2010), and "Autumn of the Black Snake" (2017). Hogeland has also written  for "The Atlantic," … Continue reading Founding Finance