Mises Daily
Author:
Jeffrey Rogers Hummel
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[ This article is excerpted from Chapter 6 of Reassessing the Presidency: The Rise of the Executive State and the Decline of Freedom , edited by John V. Denson. ] Introduction I - Foreign Policy II - Domestic Policy III - Retrenchment in Crisis IV - Illiberal Lapses V - Political Defeat President Martin Van Buren does not usually receive high