Courses on History

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History of Liberty Seminar 2001

The Rise of the West

World HistoryPolitical Theory

10/16/2018Mises Media
The European Miracle was one in which humans achieved sustained growth for the first time on earth. Why Europe? Because of European decentralization and private enterprise.
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American Economy Rothbard

9. The Progressive Era?

U.S. HistoryPolitical Theory

01/19/2010Mises Media
Progressive movement came in in 1900 to eliminate political parties. Technocrats and bureaucrats take over political power. Rural versus urban. Eliminate mayors, eliminate voting altogether, have appointed bureaucrats only. The Progressive party was created by JP Morgan interests.
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American Economy Rothbard

11. Woodrow Wilson and World War I

U.S. HistoryWar and Foreign PolicyPolitical Theory

01/19/2010Mises Media
Where did Benjamin Strong - head of the Fed - come from? Rothbard continues to reveal the individuals who shaped our world and wars. Morgan's empire brought us the irrational and useless WWI. Foreign policy today rests upon this Morgan outlook.
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American Economy Rothbard

13. Politics and the Power Elite

Big GovernmentU.S. EconomyInterventionismPolitical Theory

01/19/2010Mises Media
With WWII, Morgans get their war in Europe; Rockefellers get their war in Asia. Both sides are happy. Rockefellers take over foreign relations and create the Trilateral Commission, while electing Carter President in 1977.
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American Economy Rothbard

10. Cartelization of Banking: The Fed

The FedMoney and BanksU.S. EconomyMoney and Banking

01/19/2010Mises Media
The Federal Reserve was created in 1913 by Morgan men to cartelize the banking system and limit competition. This is fractional reserve banking rather than 100% reserves. Rothbard thinks it is fraud. It increases the money supply in an inflationary manner by creating money out of thin air.
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American Economy Rothbard

12. The Great Cooperation

World HistoryPolitical Theory

01/19/2010Mises Media
Public housing, planned cities, government power plants, and coerced unionism were all part of the great cooperation between corporations and government through WWI and WWII.
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American Economy Rothbard

8. Regulation and Public Utilities

Big GovernmentInterventionismMonopoly and Competition

01/18/2010Mises Media
State dominated cartels used intellectuals as apologists for the government. Big unionism was to transmit orders to the working class. Public utilities were government monopolies for fifty year terms, run without any checks by the public. It is the function of government to run everything.
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American Economy Rothbard

4. The Rise and Fall of Monopolies

U.S. EconomyMonopoly and CompetitionPolitical Theory

01/16/2010Mises Media
Rockefeller's Standard Oil created a monopoly in kerosene refining by buying others out. A huge drop in the price of fuel followed, benefiting consumers, due to production efficiencies. Rothbard then discusses pietists, prohibitionists and the big political shift of 1896.
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American Economy Rothbard

6. Tariffs, Inflation, Anti-Trust and Cartels

Money and BanksU.S. EconomyInterventionism

01/16/2010Mises Media
The Sherman Act outlawed restraint of trade . The Clayton Act added to that. Anti-Trust hysteria came in the 1940-50s. Whatever you did would be considered monopolistic. The charges didn't come from consumers, they came from whining competitors.
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American Economy Rothbard

3. The Decline of Laissez-Faire

Global EconomyInterventionism

01/16/2010Mises Media
Economics is a constant fight between the market and the government. The railroad cartel did not work against the free market even with ideal conditions. Airlines were tightly regulated until the small airlines began to compete in quality. Deregulation followed.
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