Lincoln and the Triumph of Mercantilism
Recorded at the Reassessing the Presidency seminar; March 2004. (33:49)
Political Theory
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The Use of George Washington in the Statist Offensive
Recorded at the Reassessing the Presidency seminar; March 2004.
Woodrow Wilson’s Revolution Within the Form
Recorded at the Reassessing the Presidency seminar; March 2004. (30:32)
Bush, Terrorism, and Freedom
James Bovard discusses Bush, Terrorism, and Freedom at the 2002 Austrian Scholars Conference.
Democracy: The God that Failed
Professor Hoppe presents a pre-conference discussion of his book Democracy: The God that Failed at the 2002 Austrian Schola
The Myth of US Government Benevolence
Recorded at the 2003 Supporters Summit: Prosperty, War, and Depression.
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Bolshevism and Democratic Socialism
The 1917 Revolution gave birth to both the reality and the myth of the Bolsheviks and the democratic left. The social democrats rejected the violence which was part of the communist party. They claimed to follow a democratic path to socialism. They turned Marx into a wise man that should not be taken too literally.
Historians, the State, and Liberty
Robert Higgs critically examines how academic historians have shaped—and often distorted—our understanding of the relationship between the state and individual liberty.
The Progressive Era
The Progressive Era covered the turn of the 19th-20th centuries until about WWI. It delivered such delights as the Federal Reserve. Accelerated statism with a philosophical veneer favored experts on boards making economic decisions efficiently. This era birthed the regulatory state.
