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Meltdown

a free-market look at why the stock market collapsed, the economy tanked, and government bailouts will make things worse

by Thomas E. Woods

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Historian Woods, writing as a libertarian, argues that government intervention in the economy actually caused the housing bubble.

Economic policyFinancial crisesGovernment policyFinanceEconomic conditionsBailouts (Government policy)Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009Free enterpriseFinancial crises -- United StatesFinance -- Government policy -- United StatesUnited States -- Economic conditions -- 2001-United States -- Economic policy -- 2001-