The Smoot-Hawley tariff of 1930, which raised U.S. duties on hundreds of imported goods to record levels, is America's most infamous trade law. It is often associated with—and sometimes blamed for—the onset of the Great Depression, the collapse of world trade, and the global spread of protectionism in the 1930s. Even today, the ghosts of congressmen Reed Smoot and Willis Hawley...(展开全部)

In this highly acclaimed work first published in 1974, Glen H. Elder Jr. presents the first longitudinal study of a Depression cohort. He follows 167 individuals born in 1920?1921 from their elementary school days in Oakland, California, through the 1960s. Using a combined historical, social, and psychological approach, Elder assesses the influence of the economic crisis on the...(展开全部)

Few periods in history compare to the Great Depression. Stock market crashes, bread lines, bank runs, and wild currency speculation were worldwide phenomena - all occurring with war looming in the background. This period has provided economists with a marvelous laboratory for studying the links between economic policies and institutions and economic performance. Here, Ben Berna...(展开全部)

In this highly acclaimed work first published in 1974, Glen H. Elder Jr. presents the first longitudinal study of a Depression cohort. He follows 167 individuals born in 1920?1921 from their elementary school days in Oakland, California, through the 1960s. Using a combined historical, social, and psychological approach, Elder assesses the influence of the economic crisis on the...(展开全部)

Few periods in history compare to the Great Depression. Stock market crashes, bread lines, bank runs, and wild currency speculation were worldwide phenomena - all occurring with war looming in the background. This period has provided economists with a marvelous laboratory for studying the links between economic policies and institutions and economic performance. Here, Ben Berna...(展开全部)

默里•罗斯巴德((Murray N. Rothbard, 1926-1995)， 美国经济学家、历史学家、自然法理论家，奥地利经济学派的代表人物。在哥伦比亚大学取得学士、硕士和博士学位，师承约瑟夫•朵夫曼（Joseph Dorfman）。生前主要担任内华达大学经济学S. J. Hall讲座杰出教授。他曾任米塞斯研究院（Ludwig von Mises Institute）学术事务副会长，《奥地利经济学评论》（Review of Austrian Economics）的编辑，也曾长期参与纽约大学举办的米塞斯研讨会。主要著作有：《1819年大恐慌》（The Panic of 1819）、《人、经济与国家》（Man, Economy, and State）、《美国大萧条》（America’s Great Depression）、 《权力与市场》（Power...(展开全部)

默里•罗斯巴德((Murray N. Rothbard, 1926-1995)， 美国经济学家、历史学家、自然法理论家，奥地利经济学派的代表人物。在哥伦比亚大学取得学士、硕士和博士学位，师承约瑟夫•朵夫曼（Joseph Dorfman）。生前主要担任内华达大学经济学S. J. Hall讲座杰出教授。他曾任米塞斯研究院（Ludwig von Mises Institute）学术事务副会长，《奥地利经济学评论》（Review of Austrian Economics）的编辑，也曾长期参与纽约大学举办的米塞斯研讨会。主要著作有：《1819年大恐慌》（The Panic of 1819）、《人、经济与国家》（Man, Economy, and State）、《美国大萧条》（America’s Great Depression）、 《权力与市场》（Power...(展开全部)

The New Deal shaped our nation's politics for decades, and was seen by many as tantamount to the "American Way" itself. Now, in this superb compact history, Eric Rauchway offers an informed account of the New Deal and the Great Depression, illuminating its successes and failures. Rauchway first describes how the roots of the Great Depression lay in America's post-war economic p...(展开全部)

Based on 40 years of research and more than 40,000 hours treating individuals with severe mood problems. The goal is not just a rapid and complete elimination of negative feelings, but the development of joy and enlightenment. In Feeling Great, Dr. David Burns reveals that our negative moods do not result from what s wrong with us, but rather -- what s right with us. And when y...(展开全部)

The two great financial crises of the past century are the Great Depression of the 1930s and the Great Recession, which began in 2008. Both occurred against the backdrop of sharp credit booms, dubious banking practices, and a fragile and unstable global financial system. When markets went into cardiac arrest in 2008, policymakers invoked the lessons of the Great Depression in a...(展开全部)