Notes
1. Steven Horwitz, “Herbert Hoover: Father of the New Deal,” http://www.cato.org/publications/briefing-paper/herbert-hoover-father-new-deal; 29 September 2011.
2. Steve Horwitz, private correspondence.
3. See, for example: http://palrepublican.tripod.com/id21.html, which uses numerous official sources to support such claims. Also see similar data at: http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/reference/pressketch.html.
4. Sheldon L. Richman, The Sad Legacy of Ronald Reagan, 6.10 (October 1988), at the Ludwig von Mises Institute: http://mises.org/freemarket_detail.aspx?control=488.
5. David Emanuel Andersson, private correspondence.
6. A forthcoming essay cited in “Short View” by James Mackintosh, Financial Times, 30 October 2012.
7. Steve Horwitz, private correspondence.
8. See “Freakonomics Suicide Paradox,” at: http://www.freakonomics.com/2011/08/31/new-freakonomics-radio-podcast-the-suicide-paradox.