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    <![CDATA[Meltdown: A Free-Market Look at Why the Stock Market Collapsed, the Economy Tanked, and the Government Bailout Will Make Things Worse]]>
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    <![CDATA[If you are fed up with Washington boondoggles, and you like the small-government,  politically-incorrect thinking of Ron Paul, then you'll love Tom Woods's <em>Meltdown</em>. In clear, no-nonsense terms, Woods explains what led up to this economic crisis, who's really to blame, and why government bailouts won't work. Woods will reveal:<p>* Which brave few economists predicted the economic fallout--and why nobody listened<br/>* What really caused the collapse<br/>* Why the Fed--not taxpayers--should have to answer for the current economic crisis<br/>* Why bailouts are band-aids that will only provide temporary relief and ultimately make things worse<br/>* What we should do instead, to put our economy on a healthy path to recovery</p>With a foreword from Ron Paul, <em>Meltdown</em> is the free-market answer to the Fed-created economic crisis. As the new Obama administration inevitably calls for more regulations, Woods argues that the only way to rebuild our economy is by returning to the fundamentals of capitalism and letting the free market work.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[If you are looking for something outside conventional wisdom on the root causes of our boom and bust cycle this book is for you.  Woods does a great job of explaining how monetary policy effects the economy.  Perhaps, spends a little too much time on fiat versus commodity money, but still well worth...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57905774">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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