9.7. Allied Group: The American Association for Labor
From Chapter 9, "The National Civic Federation: Big Business Organized for Progressivism".
U.S. History
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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".
14.9. Creating the Acceptance Market
From Chapter 14, "The Federal Reserve as a Cartelization Device: The Early Years, 1913–1930".
The Tea Party, Ten Years Later
There's the antiwar Ron Paul version of the Tea Party movement — and then there's the fake, pro-war Sarah Palin version.
George Washington: An Image and Its Influence
George Washington took office as president in 1789 with an asset of inestimable value. People viewed him as the hero of the American Revolution who, disdaining power, had like the Roman general Cincinnatus returned home to his farm. When he...
Was John Brown Sane?
John Brown was a man driven by religious fanaticism and grandiose ideas. But his sanity, at least clinically speaking, seems to have been in place.
Kansas Bleeds
In this episode, Chris Calton describes the erupting tensions between pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers and politicians.
Two Portraits from the American Civil War
Among Northerners who rallied for war, nationalism, and not abolitionism, was the dominant factor.
