Nye on the Great Depression, Political Economy, and the Evolution of the State

John Nye of George Mason University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the Great Depression, the evolution of the State, and attitudes people have toward free markets. Nye argues that support for modern capitalism is fragile because people have trouble trusting the market process which is based on anonymous exchange with strangers. So when a crisis comes, it leads to demands for a larger role for top-down decision making. Nye sees the Great Depression as part of a larger public disillusionment beginning in World War I.

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Nye on the Great Depression, Political Economy, and the Evolution of the State is an episode from EconTalk Archives, 2009 by Library of Economics and Liberty.

This episode is 58:04 long.

This episode was published on Sep 14, 2009.

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