The Causes of Economic Crisis is written by Ludwig Von Mises. This book is published by Ludwig von Mises Institute. This economic book contains a collection of economic articles based on business cycle, money and exchange rates between the period 1919 and 1946. In this book we can see the economist foresaw about breakdown of currencies, and economic market crash of 1929 and further consequences. This book tells us about the causes of the Economic Crisis and the economic breakdown.
Following are the few topics covered in this Economics book.- Stabilization of the monetary unit from the viewpoint of theory (1923)
- The outcome of inflation
- The emancipation of monetary value from the influence of government
- The return to gold
- The money relation
- Comments on the “balance of payments” doctrine
- The inflationist argument
- The new monetary system
- The ideological meaning of reform
- Monetary stabilization and cyclical policy (1928)
- Stabilization of the purchasing power of the monetary unit
- The gold standard
- The demand for money
- Economizing on money
- Interest on “idle” reserves
- Gold still money
- The “manipulation of the gold standard”
- “measuring” changes in the purchasing power of the monetary unit
- Fisher’s stabilization plan
- Goods-induced and cash-induced changes in the purchasing power of the monetary unit
- The goal of monetary policy
- Cyclical policy to eliminate economic fluctuations
- Stabilization of the purchasing power of the monetary unit and elimination of the trade cycle
- Circulation credit theory
- The reappearance of cycles
- The crisis policy of the currency school
- Modern cyclical policy
- Control of the money market
- Business forecasting for cyclical policy and the businessman
- The aims and method cyclical policy
- The causes of the economic crisis (1931)
- The nature and role of the market
- Cyclical changes in business conditions
- The present crisis
- Unemployment
- The market wage rate process
- The labor union wage rate concept
- The cause of unemployment
- The remedy for mass unemployment
- The effects of government intervention
- Price declines and price supports
- Tax policy
- The current status of business cycle research and its prospects for the immediate future (1933)
- The acceptance of the circulation credit theory of business cycles
- The popularity of low interest rates
- The popularity of labor union policy
- The effect of lower than unhampered market interest rates
- The questionable fear of declining prices
- The trade cycle and credit expansion: the economic consequences of cheap money (1946)
- The Unpopularity of Interest
- The Two Classes of Credit
- The Function of Prices, Wage Rates, and Interest Rates
- The Effects of Politically Lowered Interest Rates
The Causes of the Economic Crisis: And Other Essays Before and After the Great Depression