The progressive era / Murray N. Rothbard ; edited by Patrick Newman ; foreword by Andrew P. Napolitano.

Author: Rothbard, Murray N. (Murray Newton), 1926-1995, author.

ImprintAuburn, Alabama : Mises Institute, 2017.

Description600 pages ; 23 cm

Note: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.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 541-570) and indexes.

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