No, Herbert Hoover didn’t push laissez faire policies

One of the myths of the Great Depression was that President Herbert Hoover did nothing to deal with the nation’s most severe economic downturn because his belief in “laissez faire” economics. In truth, Hoover was very much an interventionist. You need only crack open a history book to read about the Smoot-Hawley Act, a protectionist law signed by Hoover that jacked up tariffs on American exports.

To further dispell this myth, Steven Horwitz, an economist at George Mason University, has written an excellent paper explaining how Hoover wasn’t just an interventionist, but also the father of the New Deal.

Herbert Hoover: Father of the New Deal, Cato Briefing Paper No. 122

It is really cool to read someone’s research on history. There are not many people who take the time to actually find out what really happened but there are some things that are really important to know.

 

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Evan.R's picture

History depends on who wrote it. Depending on the author of the history book, one could turn into a hero or a villain.

Shine's picture

It’s nice to know that he did something about it. The Great Depression was a tragedy!

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