Lawrence Reed, The Myths of the Great Depression

Lawrence Reed is the President Emeritus, Humphreys Family Senior Fellow, and Ron Manners Global Ambassador for Liberty for the Foundation for Economic Education. He has authored numerous articles for sources such as the Wall Street Journal, Washington Examiner, and USA Today and published books such as "Was Jesus a Socialist?" 

In this episode we talk about Lawrence's article on myths about the Great Depression. Did you know FDR condemned Hoover for excessive taxation, spending, and the getting the government too involved? Ironic since he would go even farther! It is also thought that FDR's policies extended the Great Depression by about 7 years unnecessarily. Listen for more. 

Philip Sharp talks about two competing paradigms in the essay segment. There are the "state worshipers" who believe government should run most things and those who prefer a less intrusive entity. This is a glimpse on how these two look compared to one another.