My excellent Conversation with George Selgin - Marginal REVOLUTION

My conversation with Marginal Revolution’s Tyler Cowen on the New Deal, the Great Depression, donkeys, and much more: m.youtube.com/watch?v=IDXN... Pass it on!

“Had FDR done all of the things Keynes said he should do, and none of the things Keynes said he shouldn’t do, there would have been—I have no doubt—a much more rapid recovery, a recovery that would have been complete sometime in the last half of the 1930s.” 1/2

George Will devoted a whole column to @georgeselgin.bsky.social, FALSE DAWN, and our bipartisan dreams about the New Deal: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

What, you missed my “Conversation with Tyler” yesterday about _False Dawn_, my book on New Deal and the Great Depression? No worries: you can now watch it on YouTube: m.youtube.com/watch?v=01YC...

Washingtonians! There are still a few seats available for my Conversation with Tyler about _False Dawn_, this Friday at the Cato Institute. Join us if you can. www.cato.org/events/false...

If you’ll be in the London area at the start of October, consider coming to the IEA to hear me talk about _False Dawn_. iea.org.uk/in-conversat...

Criticize my views all you like—but please (1) don’t misrepresent them, and (2) spare me the ad hominem stuff! If my arguments are wrong, there are better ways to show it than by pointing out where I (used to) work, or what political ideals I (supposedly) hold.

Eccles was a keen proponent of fiscal stimulus. Alas, he was just a keen an opponent of monetary stimulus. And since he was Fed chair, in practice his influence was mainly on the anti-stimulus side.

A kind review of _False Dawn_ for the WSJ by Judge Glock. www.wsj.com/arts-culture...

Administration officials are comparing the tariff-induced downturn to “detox” therapy. A more precise analogy would be to leeching.

Yours truly on the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Boondoggle: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/18/o...

Wow: a very detailed and thoughtful—and kind!—review of _False Dawn_ by Scott @MoneyIllusion Sumner. Thanks, Scott! scottsumner.substack.com/p/false-dawn?u…

In my forthcoming book _False Dawn_, I explain how “regime uncertainty”—businessmen’s confusion about what the Roosevelt administration had in store for them—was a major reason why the Great Depression lasted as long as it did. (Not that that’s relevant today.) www.amazon.com/False-Dawn-R...