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November 1, 2023  •  Weekly Newsletter
How Boss E.H. Crump Used the Memphis Police to Suppress a Black Republican Challenge to FDR

David T. Beito (AIER)

Crump, the white Democratic Party boss of Memphis, was cozy with FDR. J.B. Martin, a black business owner and local Republican Chairman, organized a multiracial rally for Roosevelt’s opponent Wendell Willkie. Crump fumed that “Negroes might as well learn their places,” and used city police to retaliate against Martin. Guess how FDR’s Justice Department responded to Martin’s plea for legal help… READ MORE »

The New Deal’s War on the Bill of Rights

The Untold Story of FDR’s Concentration Camps,
Censorship, and Mass Surveillance

By David T. Beito

The Federal Reserve at War

Judy Shelton (Wall Street Journal)

How will the central bank respond to instability in markets caused by global turmoil? The Fed might take a page from its emergency actions during the 2008 financial crisis and Covid—but such aggressive moves have serious consequences. READ MORE »

Crisis and Credit Allocation

The Effect of Ideology on Monetary Policyduring the Great Depression and the Great Recession

The Independent Review, Spring 2023

Decongestant Drug Doesn’t Work? Neither Does the FDA

Raymond J. March (Inside Sources)

Autumn heralds the arrival of pumpkin spice and flannel shirts—and the start of the flu season. But the FDA is a about to make that a whole lot worse. Which of your go-to medicines are about to get pulled? READ MORE »

Another Black Monday May Be Around the Corner

Steve H. Hanke, John Greenwood, OBE (Wall Street Journal)

The Fed’s huge inflationary boost to the money supply, stemming from pandemic stimulus, set the stage for what is now a sustained decline in the money supply. As a result, the economy is in real danger. It’s hard to ignore the disturbing parallels with the 1987 stock market debacle. READ MORE »

The Midas Paradox

Financial Markets, Government Policy Shocks,
and the Great Depression

By Scott Sumner

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