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From The Failure of the “New Economics”. Narrated by Josiah Schmidt.

From The Failure of the “New Economics”. Narrated by Josiah Schmidt.

From The Failure of the “New Economics”. Narrated by Josiah Schmidt.

From The Failure of the “New Economics”. Narrated by Josiah Schmidt.

The Spanish and Portuguese were not very effective about colonizing the New World, despite finding gold and silver and claiming land. The London Company arrived about 1611 with indentured servants. Life expectancy was as young as twenty-one, although food supplies were better in the New World. Land was cheap and available to most immigrants.

From The Failure of the “New Economics”. Narrated by Josiah Schmidt.

From The Failure of the “New Economics”. Narrated by Josiah Schmidt.

From The Failure of the “New Economics”. Narrated by Josiah Schmidt.

From The Failure of the “New Economics”. Narrated by Josiah Schmidt.

The study of U.S. history seen through the lens of economic theory teaches us lessons like: (1) Why did America do so well economically?, (2) Why do we have the problems of war, terrorism, and immigration?, (3) What results from the growth of government?, ...

From The Failure of the “New Economics”. Narrated by Josiah Schmidt.

From The Failure of the “New Economics”. Narrated by Josiah Schmidt.

Those Americans who twice succeeded in doing away with a central bank were aware of the dangers; but they failed to see that the evils they fought

Pages 11-20 in the text, as narrated by Floy Lilley.

Pages 34-39 in the text, as narrated by Floy Lilley. From Part 1 of Conceived in Liberty, Volume IV: “The War Begins.”

Ayn Rand's books sell between eight hundred thousand and a million copies a year. Her first novel We the Living was admired by Mencken. Night of January 16th opened on Broadway. Her major novel The Fountainhead (1943) was "masterful". Atlas Shrugged (1957) was Rand's magnus opus.

Pages 340-349 in the text, as narrated by Floy Lilley.

Pages 26-29 in the text, as narrated by Floy Lilley. From Part 1 of Conceived in Liberty, Volume IV: “The War Begins.”