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Originally Posted by peter12
Or economists. Dammit, there are a couple of really good economists doing some good debunking and I can't seem to find the links to their work. I do have a podcast, but I'll be darned if I can remember their names or institutions.
Anyway, my point was not to be directly contradicting your POV, only to raise questions surrounding current orthodoxy of the Keynesian worldview, which is in my view very shaky.
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Economists are not the ideal choice for explaining things that happened 50 years ago. They are not trained in historical analysis meaning their opinions regarding past events are largely dubious.
Economic Historians is what you need:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_history
One of the more interesting historians to read is Niall Ferguson. Here is an awesome article/interview from a few week ago:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servl...drecovery/home