The progressive era
by Rothbard, Murray N., (Murray Newton)
The current relationship between the modern state and the economy has its roots in the Progressive Era. -- From the Introduction by Patrick Newman Progressivism brought the triumph of institutionalized racism, the disfranchising of blacks in the South, the cutting off of immigration, the building up of trade unions by the federal government into a tripartite big government, big business, big unions alliance, the glorifying of military virtues and conscription, and a drive for American expansion…
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- Full title :The progressive era / Murray N. Rothbard ; edited by Patrick Newman ; foreword by Andrew P. Napolitano.
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The current relationship between the modern state and the economy has its roots in the Progressive Era. -- From the Introduction by Patrick Newman Progressivism brought the triumph of institutionalized racism, the disfranchising of blacks in the South, the cutting off of immigration, the building up of trade unions by the federal government into a tripartite big government, big business, big unions alliance, the glorifying of military virtues and conscription, and a drive for American expansion abroad. In short, the Progressive Era ushered the modern American politico-economic system into being. -- From the Preface by Murray N. Rothbard.
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- Publication Date:2017.
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- Publisher(s):Mises Institute
- Place of Publication:Auburn, Alabama
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2017.
The Physical Object
- Description:600 pages ; : 23 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781610166744, 1610166744
- oclc:on1010733896
- LC Classification:E743
- Dewey Decimal:324.273
Table of Contents
Railroads: the first big business and the failure of the cartels -- Regulating the railroads -- Attempts at monopoly in American industry -- The third party system: pietists vs. liturgicals -- The democratic triumph of 1892 -- 1896: The collapse of the third party system and of laissez-faire politics -- Theodore Roosevelt: the first progressive, part I -- Theodore Roosevelt: the first progressive, part II -- The national civic federation: big business organized for progressivism -- The progressive era and the family -- Origins of the welfare state in America -- War collectivism in World War I -- World War I as fulfillment: power and the intellectuals -- The federal reserve as a cartelization device: the early years, 1913-1930 -- Herbert Hoover and the myth of Laissez-faire.
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