Slavery, Profitability, and the Market Process
The authors of Time on the Cross rewrote the history of antebellum slavery and ushered in the cliometric revolution.
U.S. History
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Portfolio Management of the Free Banks of Illinois: An Examination of Historical Allegations
The literature on free banking has sharply altered its focus in the last two decades.
Indians, the Colonials, and Lockean Theory
While studying colonial period business practices and property rights issues, for a business & finance history class, I read Carl Watner’
Largest Mass Execution in American History
I was particularly moved by this passage from Thomas DiLorenzo’s The Real Linc
What Lincoln Believed: The Values and Convictions of America’s Greatest President, by Michael Lind
Michael Lind’s study of Lincoln illustrates the old saying, "God protect me from my friends; from my enemies I can defend myself."
Fr. Coughlin and Friends
Thomas Woods writes on the famous Fr. Charles Coughlin, whose writing on money is wrongly admired by some even today.
Target: Private Enterprise
The Supreme Court overturned the guilty verdict against Arthur Andersen Company, writes William Anderson, but it came too late to save the firm.
9. The American Presidency: Critical Episodes in Its Growth, Part I
No President should leave a citizen in doubt about his person or property. However, this original comforting view is contrasted with more modern theory of the Presidency in which Wilson held the President to be the “unifying force of the country”. He represents no constituency, but the “whole people”.
7. Major Episodes in American Labor History: An Austrian Reevaluation, Part I
The standard tale of labor history in American is largely false. Unions did not cause a rising standard of living. Employers were forbidden to encourage union membership, but they could compel union membership.
10. The American Presidency: Critical Episodes in Its Growth, Part II
The Mexican War 1846-48 involved unpaid debts to Americans, a desire for West coast territory, and the issue of Texas whose independence was not recognized by Mexico. The Southern boundary was in dispute also.
