Great Depression Myths with Price Fishback
Update: 2025-07-26
Description
In this episode, we have economic historian Price Fishback on to bust Great Depression myths, including:
What Hoover actually did
Whether the New Deal was truly Keynesian
Unemployment vs. underemployment
Whether the New Deal was a cohesive policy
The role of HOLC redlining maps
Check out Fishback's JEL article here https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/jel.20161054
And his book chapter in this volume:
https://www.amazon.com/Government-American-Economy-New-History/dp/0226251284
Be sure to check out the Econ Nerds on youtube here:
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