Journal of Economic Literature
Book Reviews
2026-08-28
Harold Cole of University of Pennsylvania reviews “The Economics of the Great Depression: A Twenty-First Century Look Back at the Economics of the Interwar Era” by Randall E. Parker,. The EconLit Abstract of the reviewed work begins “Explores the evolution and the current state of economic literature on the Great Depression. Presents interviews with twelve American economists who have made substantial contributions to the twenty-first century understanding of the economics of the Great Depression: Peter Temin, Ben Bernanke, James Hamilton, Robert Lucas, Lee Ohanian, Christina Romer, Barry Eichengreen, Stephen Cecchetti, James Butkiewicz, Michael Bordo, Charles Calomiris, and Allan Meltzer. Parker is Professor of Economics at East Carolina University. Index.”