Ten Economic Blunders from History

Tags: Interventionism, Big Government

07/07/2010 John S. Chamberlain

Take cover when you hear a political leader talking about economic affairs. You can bet a bad decision is incoming. Every so often the great ones manage to land a real whopper that takes them down along with their whole country. Here are ten examples from history. This audio version of the Mises Daily is narrated by Brad Sandelin.

John S. Chamberlain lives in Natick, Massachusetts, and works as a software engineer specializing in earth science and artificial intelligence. He has an A.B. in politics from Princeton University and an M.S. in computer science from Northeastern University.

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