We rarely seem to discuss the most basic kind of market failure: insufficient liquidity. Just not enough buyers and/or sellers to make a market. Any good writings exploring this, preferably essays over books?
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Replying to @vgr
Insufficient liquidity was a major macroeconomic question in the 19th C US both before and after the Gold Standard was adopted. Market failure in the Great Depression led most nations to go off gold - you want Econ history
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Replying to @zenpundit @vgr
The original agrarian populists were attracted to schemes like the Subtreasury plan and free silver due to the deflationary and cash scarcity created by Gold standard policies
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