Did Tariffs Really Cause the American Civil War?
Regional conflicts went far beyond a simple dispute over taxation. For the South, the ends aimed at was the preservation of slavery, and the means they employed to realize these ends was secession.
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The Christiana Resistance: The First Shots of the Civil War
Chris Calton looks at one of the first episodes of armed resistance to the Fugitive Slave Acts.
Thanksgiving: Celebrating the Birth of American Free Enterprise
In the wilderness of the New World, the Plymouth Pilgrims had progressed from the false dream of communism to the sound realism of capitalism.
Freedom for Television and Radio
When the government essentially owns the airways, it also decides how those resources may be used.
Lyndon Johnson’s Terrible Legacy
Johnson's political philosophy is alive and well today. The US government spends freely on welfare programs at home, and on unwinnable wars abroad.
Chris Calton: The March to America’s Civil War
Chris Calton, host of the Mises Institute's Historical Controversies podcast, is back with a fascinating account of the antebellum era.
Libertarian Thought in Colonial America
The growth of libertarian thought in eighteenth-century America was heavily influenced by a preceding growth in England.
The Tuskegee Experiment at 45: Have Public-Health Programs Been Vindicated?
Public health officials have a long history of ignoring basic human rights.
Nationalized Slavery: The Fugitive Slave Law
In this episode, Chris Calton looks at the horrors of fugitive slave laws.
The Gold Standard Did Not Cause the Great Depression
What makes this book unique is Sumner's use of financial data and press accounts on the precise zigs-and-zags of the economy during the 1930s.
