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9.5. Monopolizing Public Utilities
From Chapter 9, "The National Civic Federation: Big Business Organized for Progressivism".
12.2. Intellectuals and the Legacy of War Collectivism
From Chapter 12, "War Collectivism in World War I".
13.7. Economics in Service of the State: Government and Statistics
From Chapter 13, "World War I as Fulfillment: Power and the Intellectuals".
14.7. Britain and the Gold Exchange Standard
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.
