Chris Calton

Chris Calton is a 2018 Mises Institute Research Fellow and an economic historian. He is writer and host of the Historical Controversies podcast.

Kansas Bleeds

12/13/2017Audio/VideoChris Calton

In this episode, Chris Calton describes the erupting tensions between pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers and politicians.

Blog12/09/2017Chris Calton

Among Northerners who rallied for war, nationalism, and not abolitionism, was the dominant factor.

12/06/2017Audio/VideoChris Calton

Chris Calton discusses the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which compounded the growing tensions over the slavery question.

Blog11/30/2017Chris Calton

While economics is concerned with purposeful action, history is different, and the historian asks why certain actions were undertaken.

11/29/2017Audio/VideoChris Calton

In this episode, Chris Calton discusses some of the most significant outcomes of the Fugitive Slave Act.