America's Great Depression by Murray N. Rothbard

This book does a thorough break down of the Economic History and causation of the Great Depression from the Austrian School of though perspective. If you are looking for a light entertainment read, depicting the times and struggle of the Great Depression, you've come to the wrong place.

A textbook fine, as an academic work that you can cross-reference, refer back through etc.but not an audiobook to listen to when mowing the lawn (you would probably throw yourself under the blades!).Įconomics History and Breakdown not a story book Again I am trying to be broad-minded and all-embracing but have to say if the first 40 minutes was anything to go by it is really difficult to see why anyone would want to listen to this as an audiobook. I think even the Governor of the Bank of England would wonder what on earth it is all about! I confess I only listened to about 40 minutes of it on the bus but that was enough and the other passengers were complaining because I was inadvertently chewing my right leg off in agony! I am sure for Economists it is great and I am sure the author really knows his stuff but Audiobooks I politely say that you really do need to re-classify this away from the History section. Not a bit of it! Unless you have a PhD in Economics and have run several international monetary funds and a couple of central banks I would advise you to steer well clear of this. I think the problem is that Audiobooks have placed it in the History section and I suppose, lured by the picture, I thought it was going to be an historical account. Okay my rating and title are perhaps a little unfair.

America's Great Depression by Murray N. Rothbard