Recent Podcast Episodes
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".
10.4. Gathered Together: Progressivism as a Political Party
From Chapter 10, "The Progressive Era and the Family".
15.2. Herbert Hoover Fights the Great Depression
From Chapter 15, "Herbert Hoover and the Myth of Laissez-faire".
11.4. Progressives and the Gradual Secularization of Postmillennial Pietism: Ely, Dewey, and Commons
From Chapter 11, "Origins of the Welfare State in America".
12.2. Intellectuals and the Legacy of War Collectivism
From Chapter 12, "War Collectivism in World War I".
7.2. T.R.: The Making of a Progressive
From Chapter 7, "Theodore Roosevelt: The First Progressive, Part I".
13.4. Saving Our Boys from Alcohol and Vice
From Chapter 13, "World War I as Fulfillment: Power and the Intellectuals".
8.2. Harvey W. Wiley and the Pure Food and Drug Act
From Chapter 8, "Theodore Roosevelt: The First Progressive, Part II".
14.1. The Origins of the Federal Reserve: The Dissatisfaction
From Chapter 14, "The Federal Reserve as a Cartelization Device: The Early Years, 1913–1930".