Meltdown
a free-market look at why the stock market collapsed, the economy tanked, and government bailouts will make things worse
by Thomas E. Woods · first published 2009
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Historian Woods, writing as a libertarian, argues that government intervention in the economy actually caused the housing bubble.
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Meltdown by Thomas Woods: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1596985879/ It clearly and accurately explains the real causes of the "crisis" (hint: it's not unbridled capitalism).
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