Quantitative characteristics of epic recession -- Qualitative characteristics of epic recession -- The dynamics of epic recession -- U.S. depressions in the nineteenth century -- 'Type I' epic recession : 1907-1914 -- 'Type II' epic recession : 1929-1931 -- The epic recession of 2007-2010 -- The...

1. The birth of the Twenties -- From Wilson to Harding -- Death in California -- 2. The boom years -- Keep cool with Coolidge -- The resignation of a President -- The joys of capitalism -- The Presidential election of 1928 -- 3. The storm clouds gather -- The Florida Land Boom -- Post-war Europe...

By the publisher of the prestigious Grant's Interest Rate Observer, an account of the deep economic slump of 1920-21 that proposes, with respect to federal intervention, "less is more." This is a free-market rejoinder to the Keynesian stimulus applied by Bush and Obama to the 2007-09 recession,...