Blockade boat owners turned to engines for speed instead of sails. Blockade running became more expensive as the blockade became stricter. Certain prices increased much faster and higher.  Most goods desired in the South had to be imported. 

Blockade boat owners turned to engines for speed instead of sails. Blockade running became more expensive as the blockade became stricter. Certain prices increased much faster and higher. Most goods desired in the South had to be imported.

Blockade boat owners turned to engines for speed instead of sails. Blockade running became more expensive as the blockade became stricter. Certain prices increased much faster and higher. &nbsp;Most goods desired in the South had to be imported.&nbsp;

4. The Rhett Butler Effect

Mark Thornton, coauthor of Tariffs, Blockades and Inflation: The Economics of the Civil War, offers a series of seven lectures, presented to the Auburn University Academy for Lifelong Learners, hosted at the Mises Institute.Download the complete audio of this event (ZIP) here.

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