Comments on: “Black Monday,” Hurricane Ike, and Falling Oil Prices: What Is Going On in the Economy? http://www.citizeneconomists.com/blogs/2008/09/19/black-monday-hurrican-ike-and-falling-oil-prices-what-is-going-on-in-the-economy/ Citizen Economists is an online economics magazine written by citizen journalists. These ordinary citizens provide reports and commentary on the current events affecting the economics of the fields they work in. Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:53:08 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: J.D. Seagraves http://www.citizeneconomists.com/blogs/2008/09/19/black-monday-hurrican-ike-and-falling-oil-prices-what-is-going-on-in-the-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-1470 J.D. Seagraves Wed, 24 Sep 2008 06:44:26 +0000 http://www.amateureconomists.com/blogs/?p=290#comment-1470 I don't agree with that at all. The government and its central bank caused the Great Depression. Even mainstream economists like Milton Friedman and Freidrich Von Hayek (both Nobel prize winners) say this is the case. And if you want to know the real deal, read the book on the subject by Murray Rothbard. I don’t agree with that at all.

The government and its central bank caused the Great Depression. Even mainstream economists like Milton Friedman and Freidrich Von Hayek (both Nobel prize winners) say this is the case. And if you want to know the real deal, read the book on the subject by Murray Rothbard.

]]> By: media kingdom http://www.citizeneconomists.com/blogs/2008/09/19/black-monday-hurrican-ike-and-falling-oil-prices-what-is-going-on-in-the-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-1377 media kingdom Fri, 19 Sep 2008 23:28:05 +0000 http://www.amateureconomists.com/blogs/?p=290#comment-1377 it's hard to object to the government's mass bailouts from a historical standpoint since similar debt-producing methods were put into action to save the U.S. from the Depression; maybe we're really socialists at heart and don't want to admit it... it’s hard to object to the government’s mass bailouts from a historical standpoint since similar debt-producing methods were put into action to save the U.S. from the Depression; maybe we’re really socialists at heart and don’t want to admit it…

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