http://contraryinvesting.com/great-depression/how-herbert-hoover-put-the-%e2%80%9cgreat%e2%80%9d-in-great-depression/ Investing and Trading News, with a Contrarian, Sarcastic Twist! Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:31:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://contraryinvesting.com/great-depression/how-herbert-hoover-put-the-%e2%80%9cgreat%e2%80%9d-in-great-depression/comment-page-1/#comment-2078 Ron Paul Interview on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart | FavStocks Fri, 30 Sep 2011 07:40:08 +0000 http://contraryinvesting.com/?p=690#comment-2078 [...] Paul may not win…in fact I’m pretty sure the country as a whole is too dumb to elect him.  We’ve alternated between fascists and socialists – often some hybrid of both – here in the US since roughly Teddy Roosevelt.  (Warren Harding though was mostly alright because he was too incompetent to do anything – hence the Depression of 1920 didn’t even last a year!) [...] [...] Paul may not win…in fact I’m pretty sure the country as a whole is too dumb to elect him.  We’ve alternated between fascists and socialists – often some hybrid of both – here in the US since roughly Teddy Roosevelt.  (Warren Harding though was mostly alright because he was too incompetent to do anything – hence the Depression of 1920 didn’t even last a year!) [...]

]]> http://contraryinvesting.com/great-depression/how-herbert-hoover-put-the-%e2%80%9cgreat%e2%80%9d-in-great-depression/comment-page-1/#comment-2072 Ron Paul Explains Libertarianism to Jon Stewart on The Daily Show Thu, 29 Sep 2011 01:12:47 +0000 http://contraryinvesting.com/?p=690#comment-2072 [...] Paul may not win…in fact I’m pretty sure the country as a whole is too dumb to elect him.  We’ve alternated between fascists and socialists – often some hybrid of both – here in the US since roughly Teddy Roosevelt.  (Warren Harding though was mostly alright because he was too incompetent to do anything – hence the Depression of 1920 didn’t even last a year!) [...] [...] Paul may not win…in fact I’m pretty sure the country as a whole is too dumb to elect him.  We’ve alternated between fascists and socialists – often some hybrid of both – here in the US since roughly Teddy Roosevelt.  (Warren Harding though was mostly alright because he was too incompetent to do anything – hence the Depression of 1920 didn’t even last a year!) [...]

]]> http://contraryinvesting.com/great-depression/how-herbert-hoover-put-the-%e2%80%9cgreat%e2%80%9d-in-great-depression/comment-page-1/#comment-1440 Does This Recession Rhyme With the Great Depression? Obama Sounds Like Herbert Hoover — The Contrary Investing Report Fri, 28 Jan 2011 04:56:14 +0000 http://contraryinvesting.com/?p=690#comment-1440 [...] Think Herbert Hoover was a free market guy?  Think again.  Here’s how Hoover put the “Great” in Great Depression. [...] [...] Think Herbert Hoover was a free market guy?  Think again.  Here’s how Hoover put the “Great” in Great Depression. [...]

]]> http://contraryinvesting.com/great-depression/how-herbert-hoover-put-the-%e2%80%9cgreat%e2%80%9d-in-great-depression/comment-page-1/#comment-1339 Today’s Economic Policy Echoes Hoover, FDR, and the Great Depression — The Contrary Investing Report Tue, 21 Dec 2010 23:13:21 +0000 http://contraryinvesting.com/?p=690#comment-1339 [...] It’s essentially a rerun of the Great Depression – where Hoover, and then FDR, plowed forth recklessly with government programs and fixes.  Not only did none of them “work” – but they only served to prolong the pain (See: How Herbert Hoover put the “Great” in Great Depression). [...] [...] It’s essentially a rerun of the Great Depression – where Hoover, and then FDR, plowed forth recklessly with government programs and fixes.  Not only did none of them “work” – but they only served to prolong the pain (See: How Herbert Hoover put the “Great” in Great Depression). [...]

]]> http://contraryinvesting.com/great-depression/how-herbert-hoover-put-the-%e2%80%9cgreat%e2%80%9d-in-great-depression/comment-page-1/#comment-1267 The Great Depression Compared With Our Current Recession — The Contrary Investing Report Thu, 18 Nov 2010 00:11:19 +0000 http://contraryinvesting.com/?p=690#comment-1267 [...] (And if you like this piece, you may also enjoy my lambasting of free market fraud Herbert Hoover.) [...] [...] (And if you like this piece, you may also enjoy my lambasting of free market fraud Herbert Hoover.) [...]

]]> http://contraryinvesting.com/great-depression/how-herbert-hoover-put-the-%e2%80%9cgreat%e2%80%9d-in-great-depression/comment-page-1/#comment-547 Dennis Gartman on CNBC: Bearish on Gold, Deflation is Here — The Contrary Investing Report Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:27:37 +0000 http://contraryinvesting.com/?p=690#comment-547 [...] to argue with a guy clamoring for lower taxes.  Though I subscribe to the Murray Rothbard school of thought that public sector spending should also be minimized (in tandem with taxation), [...] [...] to argue with a guy clamoring for lower taxes.  Though I subscribe to the Murray Rothbard school of thought that public sector spending should also be minimized (in tandem with taxation), [...]

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