Essays on the Great Depression

Who recommended it

1. RB

   Robert Barro American classical macroeconomist

   Explicit recommendation

   One of five picks in the 2016 Five Books interview “Robert Barro on The Lessons of the Great Depression”.

   Robert Barro on The Lessons of the Great Depression↗ Interviewfivebooks.com Five Books · 21 Aug 2016 · checked 12 Nov 2026

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