Saturday, February 6, 2010

 

Bask: Goldman Sachs in the Great Depression

OK kids, I am flying to San Jose tomorrow to be interviewed for a documentary on the Fed, bailouts, etc. I'm not sure how much I'm allowed to say about it, but let's just say they are also interviewing people with the following initials: RP (MD), PK (PhD), and BD (PhD).

The director wanted to know if I could talk about the allegedly nefarious role of Goldman Sachs during the Depression years, presumably advising Hoover and FDR and steering privileges their way. Can anyone point me to credible (online) sources on this topic? At this point I haven't found anything reputable enough for me to repeat.

# posted by Bob Murphy @ 11:35 PM


Comments:
Ron Paul, Peter Klein, Brad DeLong?
# posted by Anonymous DanielMuffinburg : February 7, 2010 at 1:00 AM
 
Good luck. I recall that J. K. Galbraith had a chapter on it, but I don't believe it was exactly the angle you're looking for.
# posted by Blogger Josh Hanson : February 7, 2010 at 1:14 AM
 
Daniel, you've got two out of three.
# posted by Blogger Bob Murphy : February 7, 2010 at 1:18 AM
 
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# posted by Blogger Josh Hanson : February 7, 2010 at 1:28 AM
 
How about Sidney Weinberg and the Business Advisory and Planning Council?

”Two Great Men of Goldman Sachs”, Harvard Business School Alumni Bulletin
# posted by Blogger Josh Hanson : February 7, 2010 at 1:35 AM
 
Krugman? Please, say it's Krugman!
# posted by Anonymous Cody : February 7, 2010 at 10:39 AM
 
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/29127316/the_great_american_bubble_machine

Haven't really looked into this but I found a lot of different sites covering this article.
# posted by Blogger cotterdan321 : February 7, 2010 at 2:00 PM
 
Cody, I meant Krugman, but in retrospect I may have gotten mixed up. I.e. I'm not promising he is going to be in the documentary, but the other two are supposed to be for sure.
# posted by Blogger Bob Murphy : February 8, 2010 at 12:37 PM
 
So it's Ron Paul, Paul Krugman, and Brad DeLong?
# posted by Anonymous DanielMuffinburg : February 8, 2010 at 7:31 PM
 
I know it's a little late, but 'The Myth of the New Deal' by Ronald Radosh in (New History of Leviathan) co-written with Rothbard!
# posted by Anonymous Anonymous : February 9, 2010 at 1:37 PM
 
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