About this title: In Meltdown, the free-market answer to the Fed-created economic crisis, New York Times bestselling author Thomas E. Woods, Jr.,explains what led up to the current economic crisis, who's really to blame, and why government bailouts won't work.
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Binding: Spoken Word MP3-CD
Publisher: Tantor Media Inc
Date Published: 2009-03-02
ISBN-13:9781400162093ISBN:1400162092
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Binding: MP3 CD
Publisher: Tantor Media
Date Published: 2009
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Binding: Spoken Word Compact Disc
Publisher: Tantor Media Inc
Date Published: 2009-03-02
ISBN-13:9781400112098ISBN:1400112095
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Binding: Audio CD
Publisher: Tantor Media
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9781400112098ISBN:1400112095
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Regnery Pub
Date Published: 2009-02-09
ISBN-13:9781596985872ISBN:1596985879
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"How Tom Woods wrote this in so short a time boggles the mind. Released only months after the crisis was realized, "Meltdown" is a timely and highly-readable introduction to the Austrian school of economics in the form of an analysis of the present financial crisis. A bit preachy at times, and irritatingly silent about rival schools of free market thought, this is still a fantastic (and quick) read."
"I am afraid the Austrian School of Economics is no more convincing than any other school of thought. These guys have some kind of notion that 'THE MARKET' is something akin to God. It isn't. Like any other collection of human actors it is basically an committee writ large and you know what they say about committees--the only organism with six or more legs and no brain. While I agree that some of the very agencies that were supposed to be regulating the economy and some that were supposed to help achieve certain laudable ends malfunctioned badly I don't think a totally unregulated free market would do any better. Not so long as we have a society that rewards bad behavior and greed. And that is exactly what we have. Easy read but not convincing."
"One of the best books I've read this summer. If you want to know what factors and institutions caused the economic recession of 2007-2009 (and probably beyond), and what you and I can do about it, you need to read this book.
It's short, about 160 pages, but instead of being a handicap it actually makes this book all the more relevant. Your friends, family, and coworkers are much more likely to pick up and read Meltdown than other books about economics because of it's short length.
Although it was written and published in record time, the typos are virtually non-existent and Thomas Woods was still able to create a riveting, insightful, and very informative book about the basics of how the American economy works and why it's not working very well.
Even if you disagree with Woods's socioeconomic views ideologically (or have never even really explored the free market view of things), his arguments will quickly change your mind. At the least, it'll have you asking questions such as "how can an economy sustain itself on money created out of thin air?"; or "how can the same people that got us into this economic mess be our saviors?".
Soon, this book will be slightly dated. I say slightly because, even 20 years from now when Barack Obama is long out of office and the economic situation will be different, the principles will remain the same.
"Woods accurately provides an understanding of the current economic collapse from the Austrian School perspective, but his assertions are unconvincing to anyone with a rudimentary education in mainstream economic theory. For example, he implicitly ignores the velocity of money as a driver of changes to the price level, pretends that all of Keynesian economics (and Paul Krugman) can be dismissed in two hundred words, and insists on defining "inflation" only as "increases in the supply of money" instead of "increases to the price level", which completely contradicts the modern academic understanding of inflation (such usage isn't simply "shorthand" as he states).
The book is a reasonable study of the financial crisis, and is an enjoyable exercise in confirmation bias for any libertarian or gold conservative, but it will be a frustrating exercise for any liberal or mainstream economist, as Wood appears simply not to understand Keynesian theories than effectively arguing against them."
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