Recent Podcast Episodes
The Election of 1856: A Victorious Defeat
Chris Calton deconstructs the the Presidential election of 1856.
David Gornoski on Anthropology and Liberty
10.1. Ethnoreligious Conflict and the Public Schools
From Chapter 10, "The Progressive Era and the Family".
14.10. From Boom to Depression
From Chapter 14, "The Federal Reserve as a Cartelization Device: The Early Years, 1913–1930".
4.3. Pietists vs. Liturgicals in the Midwest
From Chapter 4, "The Third Party System: Pietists vs. Liturgicals".
6.2. The Final Collapse: 1896
From Chapter 6, "1896: The Collapse of the Third Party System and of Laissez-faire Politics".
7.4. T.R. as President: The “Bad” Trusts
From Chapter 7, "Theodore Roosevelt: The First Progressive, Part I".
13.6. Economics in Service of the State: The Empiricism of Richard T. Ely
From Chapter 13, "World War I as Fulfillment: Power and the Intellectuals".
Foreword by Judge Andrew P. Napolitano
This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.
9.1. The Origins: The Chicago Civic Federation
From Chapter 9, "The National Civic Federation: Big Business Organized for Progressivism".
14.3. The Structure of the Federal Reserve
From Chapter 14, "The Federal Reserve as a Cartelization Device: The Early Years, 1913–1930".
1.2. The Rationale of Railroad Pricing
From Chapter 1, "Railroads: The First Big Business and the Failure of the Cartels".
9.6. Regulating Industry
From Chapter 9, "The National Civic Federation: Big Business Organized for Progressivism".
14.8. Open-Market Purchases in the 1920s
From Chapter 14, "The Federal Reserve as a Cartelization Device: The Early Years, 1913–1930".