Percy L. Greaves, Jr.

Articles

Why Employers Can’t Exploit the Workers, Even if They Try

09/02/2019 Mises Wire Percy L. Greaves, Jr.

[ From Understanding the Dollar Crisis (1973)] There is today a popular idea that employers exploit the workers. This fallacy has been growing ever more popular since the days of Marx. My second...

Our Republic’s First Economist

08/18/2018 Mises Wire Percy L. Greaves, Jr.

On the fourth of July we pay homage to our Founding Fathers — the men who gave us our freedom. One of the greatest of these 18th century “giants” was our Nation’s first economist, Pelatiah Webster...

The Theory of Money

08/31/2012 Mises Daily Percy L. Greaves, Jr.

[ Understanding the Dollar Crisis (1973)] The subject of this fifth lecture is the theory of money and its value. Money is the most important commodity in a market economy. A sum of money is at least...

Publications

Understanding the Dollar Crisis

06/15/1973 Percy L. Greaves, Jr.

In the year that President Nixon closed the gold window forever and the US government removed the last vestiges of the gold standard, nonstop dollar turmoil was unleashed. In that same year, Percy L. Greaves, a student of Ludwig von Mises’s, released

Pearl Harbor: The Seeds and Fruits of Infamy

05/01/2010 Percy L. Greaves, Jr.

A president faced an economic depression that wouldn’t go away, and a deeply disgruntled electorate. Not for the first or last time, the option of entering a war seemed politically appealing. How badly did FDR want a war and to what lengths was he

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31. Epilogue

12/30/2015 Percy L. Greaves, Jr.

Narrated by Millian Quinteros. This audio book is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger.

30. Joint Congressional Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack (November 15, 1945–May 31, 1946) Reports

12/30/2015 Percy L. Greaves, Jr.

From Chapter 30: “Joint Congressional Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack (November 15, 1945–May 31, 1946) Reports” Narrated by Millian Quinteros. This audio book is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger.

29. Joint Congressional Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack (November 15, 1945–May 31, 1946) Part 3

12/30/2015 Percy L. Greaves, Jr.

From Chapter 29: “Joint Congressional Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack (November 15, 1945–May 31, 1946) Part 3” Narrated by Millian Quinteros. This audio book is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger.

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