Hoover Sucked

Get it? Anyhow, Hoover sucked, but not for the reasons most commonly attributed to him (e.g. the myth that he was a proponent of laissez-faire policies which led immediately to the Great Depression).



References:

• Lawrence W. Reed (2009?). "Great Myths of the Great Depression," Foundation for Economic Education (FEE).
  
• Greg Mankiw (2009:Apr.04). "Hoover Did It!" Greg Mankiw's Blog.
• Murray N. Rothbard (1981). "Herbert Clark Hoover: A Reconsideration," [book chapter in] The New Individualist Review [republished in OLL's "The Forum"].
• Don Boudreaux (2011:Mar.18). "Krugman’s Forgotten History," Cafe Hayek.
• Randall G. Holcombe (1996:Fall). “The Growth of the Federal Government in the 1920s,” Cato Journal, v.16.