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Lecture series · recorded 2009

Economic Downturn Cause and Cure

Economic Downturn Cause and Cure is a free lecture series (6 recordings, 2.8 hours) you can stream or download at freecapitalists.org, with 6 speakers.

Booms and BustsFinancial MarketsMedia and CultureFree MarketsU.S. EconomyEducationThe FedTaxes and SpendingMoney and Banks

Recorded lectures

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  1. 01

    The Culture of Debt and Despair 2009

    Doug French · 23:11 · 248 MB · Recorded 16 November 2009

    Booms and BustsMedia and CultureMoney and Banks

    Read the transcript 3,191 words

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  2. 02

    Are Business Schools to Blame? 2009

    Peter G. Klein · 34:42 · 271 MB · Recorded 16 November 2009

    Booms and BustsEducationFinancial Markets

    Read the transcript 4,895 words

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  3. 03

    How the Fed is Retarding Recovery 2009

    Robert P. Murphy · 33:30 · 278 MB · Recorded 16 November 2009

    InterventionismBooms and BustsThe FedFinancial Markets

    Read the transcript 5,963 words

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  4. 04

    Five Best Books on the Current Crisis 2009

    David Gordon · 15:11 · 144 MB · Recorded 16 November 2009

    Austrian Economics OverviewBooms and BustsFinancial MarketsMedia and Culture

    Read the transcript 2,136 words

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  5. 05

    Creating the Next Great Depression 2009

    Thomas J. DiLorenzo · 28:35 · 227 MB · Recorded 16 November 2009

    InterventionismBooms and BustsThe FedTaxes and Spending

    Read the transcript 4,283 words

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  6. 06

    A Pro-Free-Market Program for Economic Recovery 2009

    George Reisman · 34:20 · 308 MB · Recorded 16 November 2009

    Booms and BustsFree MarketsU.S. Economy

    Read the transcript 5,044 words

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Recording dates and topics for 6 of these 6 lectures come from the Mises Institute's page for Economic Downturn Cause and Cure, checked 2026-07-23.

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About this series

Is Economic Downturn Cause and Cure free to listen to?
Yes. All 6 mirrored recordings stream in the browser or download as video and audio, at no cost and with no signup.
How long is Economic Downturn Cause and Cure?
6 recordings, 2.8 hours in total.
Who lectures in Economic Downturn Cause and Cure?
David Gordon, Doug French, George Reisman, Peter G. Klein, and 2 others.
When was Economic Downturn Cause and Cure recorded?
2009, per the recording dates recovered for this series.
Is there a transcript of Economic Downturn Cause and Cure?
Yes. Every lecture in the series has one, 25,512 words in total, free to read on each lecture's page and searchable in the browser.