A review by shanehawk
The Skyscraper Curse: And How Austrian Economists Predicted Every Major Economic Crisis of the Last Century by Mark Thornton

5.0

Excellent. Divided into a section pertaining to the main title and a second section for the book’s subtitle. In the first section you’ll learn about the Skyscraper Index, Cantillon effects, and history about skyscrapers, architecture, etc. The latter section is essentially a collection of essays showing how Austrian economists have predicted the majority of economic crises since the early 20th century. These essays examine the Great Depression, New Economics, the 1970s Depression, the boom-bust in Japan, the late 2000s housing crisis, string theories, and legitimate criticisms of the Austrian business cycle theory (ABCT).