Read America's Great Depression Online
Authors: Murray Rothbard
National Association of Real Estate
Money
Boards, 244
cause of depressions, 6, 87
National Board of Farm
liquidity trap, 39
Organizations, 225
362
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National Bureau of Economic
New York Stock Exchange, 159,
Research, 195–96, 206
163, 246, 316
National Civil Federation, 201
Money Committee, 125
National Coal Association, 284
Newton, Walter H., 187, 209
National Consumers League, 176
Niemeyer, Otto, 179
National Credit Corporation,
Non-Partisan League, 191
274–76, 285, 296
Norbeck, Peter, 163
National Economy League, 290
Norbeck–Burtness Bill, 226
National Education Association, 176
Norman, Montagu, 144–45,
National Electric Light Association,
147–48, 151, 153–55,
212
164–65, 172, 178–79, 240,
259–60
National Farmer Labor Party, 122
North Carolina, 269
National Farmers’ Union, 244, 308,
310
North Dakota, 235–36, 301
Norway, 152
National Grange, 176, 225, 244,
310
Noyes, C. Reinold, 167
National Housing Conference, 286
Nutt, Joseph R., 297
National Industrial Conference
Board, 205–06
National Monetary Association, 175
Oakwood, John, 269–70
Ogburn, William F., 197
National Recovery Act, 207
Ohio, 301, 327
National Recovery Administration,
Oil, See Petroleum controls
277, 280, 323
Oklahoma, 283
National Unemployment League,
196
Olds, Marshall, 201–02
O’Leary, Paul M., 251
National Wool Marketing
Corporation, 232–33
Olson, Floyd, 236–37
Nebraska, 222, 235, 323
O’Neal, Edward A., 310
Nebraska Farmers’ Union, 233
Oregon, 301
Overproduction, See Capital goods
Nelson, R.W., 25, 56, 101, 167, 171,
174, 332
Owen, Robert L., 310
Netherlands Bank, 259
New Jersey, 301
Page, Walter Hines, 155
New York, 97, 146, 149, 155, 191,
269, 301, 316, 346
Paley, William S., 273
New York Federal Reserve Bank,
Palmer, A. Mitchell, 218
119, 123–25, 127–29, 132,
Palyi, Melchior, 149
144–45, 151–52, 154–55,
Parker, Governor, 222
158, 164, 166, 173, 240, 258,
Parkinson, Thomas I., 197, 251
260, 263
Parks, national, 284
Index
363
Patman, Wright, 309
Price supports, 225
Patterson, Ernest M., 292, 314
butter, 234
Patterson, S. Howard, 251
cotton, 232
Paul, Randolph, 288
wheat, 226, 228–30
Pearson, Frank, 6, 176
wool, 233
Peek, George N., 225, 228, 280
Prices,
Peixotto, Jessica, 252
in a free market, 71
Pennsylvania, 266, 301, 327
stabilization of, 5, 59, 86,
Pepper, George H., 197
169–81, 198, 206, 220, 233,
Perkins, Frances, 250
309–10, 314
Perlman, Selig, 292
Prochnow, Herbert V., 91
Pershing, John J., 290
Producers’ goods, See Capital goods
Person, H.S., 278
Production, See Consumption;
Persons, Warren M., 175, 311, 313
Capital goods
Petroleum controls, 283
Psychology and business cycles,
Phelps, Clyde W., 94
80–81
Philippines, the, 233, 235
Public works,
see also
Hoover,
Phillips, C.A., 25–26, 32, 56, 60,
Herbert C., 192–93, 195–96,
101, 120, 167, 171, 174, 314,
198, 243, 245, 248, 250, 265,
332
267, 285, 289, 292–95, 299,
Phillips, Charles F., 218
313–14, 322–23, 331
Pigou, Arthur Cecil, 176
Purchasing power, See Money
Pinchot, Gifford, 203
Putnam, George E., 140, 270
Pittman, Key, 242
Pittman Act of 1918, 117
Railroads, 70, 203–04, 210, 286,
Planned economy, See Socialism
297–300, 319, 331, 336
Poland, 226
Plumb Plan, 203
Pollak Foundation for Economic
Railway Labor Act of 1926, 204
Research, 198
Ramseyer, Christian, 309
Pomerene, Atlee, 297, 307
Rand, James H., Jr., 175, 309
Population growth, 70
Ratner, Sidney, 256, 287
Portugal, 152
Recession, See Depression
Pound, Roscoe, 197
Reconstruction Finance
Pratt, Ruth, 155, 197
Corporation, 219, 276, 285,
President’s Conference on
295–96, 298–01, 307, 313,
Unemployment, 191, 195,
315, 317, 322
206
Red Cross, 231–32, 271
Public Works Committee, 193
Rediscount rate, 104–05, 118,
President’s Emergency Committee
120–24, 137, 139, 156, 161,
for Employment, 335
165, 215, 240, 262
364
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penalty rate, 118–19, 160
Rothschild of Vienna, 257–58
see also
Federal Reserve System
Rovensky, John E., 175
Reed, Clyde M., 231
Rumely, Edward A., 309
Reed, Harold L., 134, 158, 251
Ruml, Beardsley, 264
Reeve, Joseph E., 294
Russia, 231
Reichsbank, 260
Ryan, John A., 197, 251, 253, 313
Relief, See Direct relief
Reno, Milo, 235
Republican Party, 189
Sachs, Alexander, 316
Reserves, See Banking
Saloutos, Theodore, 122, 218, 226,
Revenue Act of 1932, 286
324
Reynolds, Jackson E., 240
Salter, Arthur, 157
Richberg, Donald R., 204, 252, 311
Sammons, Robert L., 131, 138
Rist, Charles, 144–45, 154–55, 171,
175
Sapiro, Aaron, 223
Ritchie, Albert C., 327
Saving, 9, 11, 17, 20, 22, 37–40,
51–52, 60, 63, 66, 68–69, 71,
Robbins, Lionel, 85, 131, 143, 146
78, 90, 96, 100, 253, 329,
Robertson, Sir Dennis H., 38, 173,
340
176
see also
Banking
Robey, Ralph West, 125, 167
Savings and loan associations, 90,
Robins, Mrs. Raymond, 197
93, 114
Robinson, Edgar E., 228
Savings banks, 89, 99–101
Robinson, Joseph, 275, 296
Sawyer, D.H., 265
Robinson, Leland Rex, 316
Sayre, Francis B., 251
Robinson, Henry Morton, 163
Scandanavia, 145
Rockefeller Foundation, 264
Schacht, Hjalmar, 131, 148, 151,
Rogers, James Harvey, 174, 177,
154–55
311
Schilling, William F., 228
Rohlfing, Charles C., 319
Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr., 189,
Roosevelt, Archibald R., 290
272, 278–79, 282
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 186, 189,
Schroeder of England, 257
195, 217, 234, 266, 280–81,
Schultz, Henry, 314
290, 294, 300, 318, 324,
Schumpeter, Joseph A., 3, 70,
328–30
72–75, 80
Root, Elihu, 175, 290
Schumpeterian business cycle theo-
Rorty, Malcolm C., 174, 294, 310
ry, 72–75
Rosenwald, Julius, 189, 197, 210,
Schwab, Charles M., 200–01, 205,
294
239
Rosenwald, Lessing J., 309
Schwenning, Gustav T., 251
Rothschild, Louis, 175
Scott, W.R., 55
Index
365
Seager, Henry R., 251
South Carolina, 223, 269, 275
Securities and Exchange
South Dakota, 235, 323
Commission, 317
Speculative demand, 40–41, 49
Selden, Richard, 90
Sprague, Oliver M.W., 121, 151
Seligman, Edwin R.A., 292, 313
Spreckels, Rudolph, 279
Sellin, Thorsten, 251
Stable Money Association, 209
Sexauer, Fred H., 309
Stable Money League, 174–75
Shannon, Fred A., 236
Stamp, Josiah, 175
Shaviro, Sol, 331–32
Standard Oil , 190, 211, 335
Shelby, Donald, 96
State, Department of, 141–42,
Shibley, George H., 177, 310
242–43, 319
Shideler, James M., 222, 224
Steel industry,
see also
United States Shientag, Bernard L., 251
Steel, 171, 200–02, 211, 248,
Silver, 94, 106, 116–17, 137, 151,
267, 331
242, 308
Stewart, Walter W., 161
Silver, Abba Hillel, 273
Stimson, Henry, 174, 270
Silver, Gray, 224
Stine, Oscar C., 234
Simkhovitch, Mary K., 251
Stock Growers’ Finance
Simonds, Alvin T., 310
Corporation, 220
Simons, Henry C., 292, 314
Stock market
Simpson, John A., 310
loans, 76–78, 123–24, 157, 159
Slichter, Sumner H., 251, 292, 312
crash of 1929, See Depression,
stock market crash
Sloan, Alfred P., 211, 308
Smith, Alfred E., 192, 197, 290, 294
Stocking, George W., 283
Stone, James C., 228, 232
Smith, Edwin S., 251, 280
Stone, Nahum I., 197, 251
Smith, J. G., 140
Stone, Nathan J., 192
Smith, J. Russell, 280
Strakosch, Henry, 175, 178–79
Smith, Vera C., 186
Straus, Oscar, 189
Smoot, Reed, 242, 308
Strong, Benjamin, 119, 123,
Smoot–Hawley Tariff, 241
133–34, 138, 143, 145–47,
Snowden, Philip, 181
151, 153–57, 159–62, 164,
Snyder, Carl, 161, 173, 175, 263
172–73, 176–77, 263
Socialism
Strong, James G., 172, 177
industrial cartels, 222–24
Sugar, 132, 242
Socialist Party, 175, 250
Swift, Linton B., 300
Solo, Carolyn Shaw, 74
Switzerland, 145
Soule, George, 251, 266, 280, 292,
Swope, Gerard, 197, 253, 277–78,
294
282, 323
South America, 132
Swope, Herbert Bayard, 280
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Taber, Louis J., 290, 310
Tucker, Rufus S., 316
Taft, William Howard, 174
Tugwell, Rexford Guy, 280–81
Tannenbaum, Frank, 251
Tarbell, Ida M., 194
Tariffs, 140, 227, 241, 249–50, 257,
Underwood, Oscar W., 174
313, 322
Unemployment, 14, 19, 23, 29, 41,
Taus, Esther Rogoff, 135
43–45, 48–50, 52–53, 87,
Taussig, Frank W., 189, 242, 251,
179, 185, 192, 199, 239, 243,
292, 313
250, 260, 267, 269, 282, 293,
Taxation
311–13, 330, 336
capital gains, 164, 249
during depression, 44, 211, 333,
during a depression, 22
335
estate, 286–87
in Britain, 153
income, 256, 286–87
Keynesian prescription for, 40,
Taylor, A. Wellington, 316
42, 45
Taylor, George R., 266
see also
Wages
Taylor, J.S., 265
Unemployment insurance, 20, 196,
Tead, Ordway, 251, 292
200, 253, 266, 271, 315
Teagle, Walter C., 211, 273, 308,
Unions, 43–44, 48, 150, 200,
335
203–04, 212, 244, 282,
Teague, C.C., 228
334–35
Tennessee Valley Authority, 247
United Mine Workers of America,
Terborgh, George, 69
176, 189, 282
Texas, 222, 269, 283
United States Chamber of
Thomas, Albert, 179
Commerce, 194, 196, 210,
Thomas, Norman, 175, 250, 294
212, 227, 229, 244, 272, 277,
Thompson, Sam H., 228
281
Thorp, Willard L., 251, 266
United States Conference of
Time deposits, See Banking
Mayors, 294
Time preference, 5, 9–11, 17, 22,
United States government, See
32, 35, 38–40, 52, 69, 71
Government, and names of
see also
Consumption; Interest
specific agencies and persons
rate; Saving
Tippetts, Charles S., 312, 314
United States government securities,
Trafton, George H., 199
See Government securities
Traylor, Melvin A., 276
United States Steel, 190, 200,
Treasury, U.S., 106–08, 111,
202–03, 270
113–14, 116–17, 119, 125,
United States Tariff Board, 192
158, 167, 191, 221, 278, 299,
United States Warehouse Act of
302, 317, 343
1916, 217
Trust companies, 297
Utah, 301
Index
367
Valgren, V.N., 218
Walsh, David I., 309
Van Buren, Martin, 186
War Finance Corporation, 122, 191,
Vandenberg, Arthur H., 235
218–20, 274–75
Vanderlip, Frank A., 309
Warbasse, J.P., 251
Vanderlip, Mrs. Frank A., 197
Warburg, Felix M., 194
Van Kleeck, Mary, 194–95, 251
Warburg, Paul M., 127–29, 132,
Veblen, Thorstein, 78
155–56, 175
Veterans,
Ware, Norman J., 266
bonuses, 289–90, 323
Warne, Colston E., 251
loans, 264, 289
Warren, George F., 176
Villard, Oswald Garrison, 251
Warren, Harris Gaylord, 141,
Viner, Jacob, 141, 292, 312, 314
189–90, 200, 232, 247, 284,
Vissering, G., 178, 259
288, 290, 319
von Mises, Ludwig, See Mises,
Warren, Robert B., 151, 316