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Understanding the Dollar Crisis
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Author: Percy L. Greaves, Jr.
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Category: Money and Banks
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 a blockbuster of a book that sought to explain the crisis. It was a huge seller and taught a
Pearl Harbor: The Seeds and Fruits of Infamy
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Author: Percy L. Greaves, Jr.
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Category: U.S. History, War and Foreign Policy
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 willing to go to get one? The questions have vexed historians for many decades. Pearl Harbor: The
Does Government Spending Bring Prosperity?
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Author: Percy L. Greaves, Jr.
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Category: Capital and Interest Theory, Monetary Theory, Production Theory, Taxes and Spending, U.S. Economy
If the government reduces both taxes and spending, it will leave more money in private hands. This money then can, and will, employ more people at higher real wages to make more of what people want most writes Percy L. Greaves, Jr. (1906–1984). This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Floy