The parallels between now and the Great Depression are numerous. You’ve no doubt felt the pressure of inflation, rising food prices and the rampant corporate profiteering over the last year. Today economic historian Rick Fair joins us to help us to cut through the noise and figure out what’s going on by looking at what’s already happened. Rick Fair is an economic historian and practicing attorney at law. He has practiced as a tax attorney for 6 years, primarily assisting clients with structuring high-net-worth business, estate, real estate, and tax transactions. Fair is licensed by the State Bar of Texas and a Circular 230 Attorney with the Internal Revenue Service.Rick has also worked as an adjunct professor for approximately 10 years, holding a Masters of Arts in American History and primarily studying economic history, with a specific focus on the causes of the Great Depression. Fair has also studied the intersection of violence, race, and economics in late 19th, early 20th century Texas.Additionally, Rick routinely studies and gives lectures on ghost lore, folklore, and its connection to society via economics, demographics, and geography. This area of interest has led Rick and his wife to begin a podcast called “Spooky Context.” In this podcast, they discuss common forms of folklore and ghost lore in the Southwest, while examining the stories under an academic lens. Like and subscribe to us on Youtube for more fun and exclusive content!https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuM080VqVCe0gAns9V9WK9wSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/00gCjGhq8qrAEkraZnMwGR?go=1&sp_cid=ce203d55369588581151ec13011b84ac&utm_source=embed_player_pGoogle Podcast: https://podcasts.google.com/u/1/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cucmlrc21pbmQuY29tL2xpc3Rlbj9mb3JtYXQ9cnNz?Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/riks-mind-podcast/id1460215365Show Notes:Spooky Context PodcastJesse Washington Lynching | Waco HistorySoRelle, J. M. (1983). The “Waco Horror”: The Lynching of Jesse Washington. The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, 86(4), 517–536 | JSTORMusk begins his Twitter ownership with firings, declares the 'bird is freed' | ReutersAggregate Demand: Formula, Components, and Limitations | InvestopediaThe US has a ruling class – and Americans must stand up to it by Bernie Sanders | The GuardianWealth distribution in the United States in the second quarter of 2022 | StatistaThe New U.S. Africa Strategy Breaks From the Status Quo—With Some Perplexing Stumbles | Carnegie Endowment for International PeaceMexican-American War: Major General Zachary Taylor | ThoughtCoEmpire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History By S. C. Gwynne | Simon and Schuster The Rancher: Mabel Doss Lea and the Fence Cutting Wars of 1883 | The Rancher Network, YoutubePublic Access to the Coast | Oregon Coastal Management Program, Department of Land Conservation and Development Capital Is Dead: Is This Something Worse? by McKenzie Wark | Verso BooksEssays on the Great Depression by Ben S. Bernanke | Princeton PressEveryman’s Financial Meltdown By Ron Chernow | The New York TimesAccess to History: Prosperity, Depression and the New Deal: The USA 1890-1954 by Peter Clements | CengageExecutive Order 2594—Creating Committee on Public Information | UC Santa Barbara American Presidency ProjectA Monetary History of the United States, 1867-1960 by Milton Friedman and Anna Jacobson Schwartz | Princeton PressThe Great Contraction, 1929-1933 by Milton Friedman and Anna Jacobson Schwartz | Princeton PressThe General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money By John Maynard Keynes | International Relations and Security NetworkA History of the Federal Reserve, Volume 1: 1913-1951 by Allan H. Meltzer | University of Chicago Press