If you want to know more about why the 1929 economic depression dragged on and on when it could have healed quickly if left alone (without intervention), and why the one we are currently suffering through is going to take the same wrong direction, please read “The Man Who Predicted the Depression,” by Mark Spitznagel.
For more fascinating reading, you can download “America’s Great Depression” by Murray Rothbard on your Kindle and start reading it right now.