Book Review of Tariffs, Blockades, and Inflation: The Economics of the Civil War by Robert B. Ekelund, Jr. and Mark Thornton

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07/30/2014 Journal of Libertarian Studies Thomas J. DiLorenzo

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In this article, Thomas J. DiLorenzo reviews Mark Thornton and Robert B. Ekelund, Jr’s Tariffs, Blockades, and Inflation: The Economics of the Civil War.

Volume 18, Number 4 (2004)

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DiLorenzo, Thomas J. “Book Review of Tariffs, Blockades, and Inflation: The Economics of the Civil War by Robert B. Ekelund, Jr. and Mark Thornton” Journal of Libertarian Studies 18, No. 4 (2004): 95–101.

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