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The Progressive Era
The Progressive Era from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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The Progressive Era
7.2. T.R.: The Making of a Progressive from 2017-12-20T13:00

From Chapter 7, "Theodore Roosevelt: The First Progressive, Part I".

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7.3. T.R. as President: The “Good” Trusts from 2017-12-20T13:00

From Chapter 7, "Theodore Roosevelt: The First Progressive, Part I".

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7.4. T.R. as President: The “Bad” Trusts from 2017-12-20T13:00

From Chapter 7, "Theodore Roosevelt: The First Progressive, Part I".

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7.5. The International Oil War from 2017-12-20T13:00

From Chapter 7, "Theodore Roosevelt: The First Progressive, Part I".

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The Progressive Era
8.1. The Meat Packing Myth from 2017-12-20T13:00

From Chapter 8, "Theodore Roosevelt: The First Progressive, Part II".

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8.2. Harvey W. Wiley and the Pure Food and Drug Act from 2017-12-20T13:00

From Chapter 8, "Theodore Roosevelt: The First Progressive, Part II".

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The Progressive Era
8.3. Theodore Roosevelt and the Conservation Crusade from 2017-12-20T13:00

From Chapter 8, "Theodore Roosevelt: The First Progressive, Part II".

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The Progressive Era
9.1. The Origins: The Chicago Civic Federation from 2017-12-20T13:00

From Chapter 9, "The National Civic Federation: Big Business Organized for Progressivism".

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9.2. Organizing the NCF from 2017-12-20T13:00

From Chapter 9, "The National Civic Federation: Big Business Organized for Progressivism".

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The Progressive Era
9.3. The Clash over Unions from 2017-12-20T13:00

From Chapter 9, "The National Civic Federation: Big Business Organized for Progressivism".

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The Progressive Era
9.4. The Drive for Workmen’s Compensation Laws from 2017-12-20T13:00

From Chapter 9, "The National Civic Federation: Big Business Organized for Progressivism".

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9.5. Monopolizing Public Utilities from 2017-12-20T13:00

From Chapter 9, "The National Civic Federation: Big Business Organized for Progressivism".

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9.6. Regulating Industry from 2017-12-20T13:00

From Chapter 9, "The National Civic Federation: Big Business Organized for Progressivism".

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9.7. Allied Group: The American Association for Labor from 2017-12-20T13:00

From Chapter 9, "The National Civic Federation: Big Business Organized for Progressivism".

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The Progressive Era
10.1. Ethnoreligious Conflict and the Public Schools from 2017-12-20T13:00

From Chapter 10, "The Progressive Era and the Family".

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10.2. Progressives, Public Education, and the Family: The Case of San Francisco from 2017-12-20T13:00

From Chapter 10, "The Progressive Era and the Family".

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The Progressive Era
10.3. Ethnoreligious Conflict and the Rise of Feminism from 2017-12-20T13:00

From Chapter 10, "The Progressive Era and the Family".

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10.4. Gathered Together: Progressivism as a Political Party from 2017-12-20T13:00

From Chapter 10, "The Progressive Era and the Family".

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10.5. Significance from 2017-12-20T13:00

From Chapter 10, "The Progressive Era and the Family".

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11.1. Why the Welfare State? from 2017-12-20T13:00

From Chapter 11, "Origins of the Welfare State in America".

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The Progressive Era
11.2. Yankee Postmillennial Pietism from 2017-12-20T13:00

From Chapter 11, "Origins of the Welfare State in America".

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The Progressive Era
11.3. Yankee Women: The Driving Force from 2017-12-20T13:00

From Chapter 11, "Origins of the Welfare State in America".

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11.4. Progressives and the Gradual Secularization of Postmillennial Pietism: Ely, Dewey, and Commons from 2017-12-20T13:00

From Chapter 11, "Origins of the Welfare State in America".

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The Progressive Era
11.5. Yankee Women Progressives from 2017-12-20T13:00

From Chapter 11, "Origins of the Welfare State in America".

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The Progressive Era
11.6. The New Deal from 2017-12-20T13:00

From Chapter 11, "Origins of the Welfare State in America".

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The Progressive Era
11.7. The Rockefellers and Social Security from 2017-12-20T13:00

From Chapter 11, "Origins of the Welfare State in America".

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The Progressive Era
12.1. Big Business and War Collectivism from 2017-12-20T13:00

From Chapter 12, "War Collectivism in World War I".

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12.2. Intellectuals and the Legacy of War Collectivism from 2017-12-20T13:00

From Chapter 12, "War Collectivism in World War I".

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The Progressive Era
12.3. The Drive to Prolong War Collectivism from 2017-12-20T13:00

From Chapter 12, "War Collectivism in World War I".

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The Progressive Era
13.1. Introduction from 2017-12-20T13:00

From Chapter 13, "World War I as Fulfillment: Power and the Intellectuals".

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The Progressive Era
13.2. Pietism and Prohibition from 2017-12-20T13:00

From Chapter 13, "World War I as Fulfillment: Power and the Intellectuals".

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The Progressive Era
13.3. Women at War and at the Polls from 2017-12-20T13:00

From Chapter 13, "World War I as Fulfillment: Power and the Intellectuals".

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The Progressive Era
13.4. Saving Our Boys from Alcohol and Vice from 2017-12-20T13:00

From Chapter 13, "World War I as Fulfillment: Power and the Intellectuals".

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The Progressive Era
13.5. The New Republic Collectivists from 2017-12-20T13:00

From Chapter 13, "World War I as Fulfillment: Power and the Intellectuals".

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13.6. Economics in Service of the State: The Empiricism of Richard T. Ely from 2017-12-20T13:00

From Chapter 13, "World War I as Fulfillment: Power and the Intellectuals".

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13.7. Economics in Service of the State: Government and Statistics from 2017-12-20T13:00

From Chapter 13, "World War I as Fulfillment: Power and the Intellectuals".

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13.8. Appendix: Toward the Centralization of Science: The National Research Council from 2017-12-20T13:00

From Chapter 13, "World War I as Fulfillment: Power and the Intellectuals".

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The Progressive Era
14.1. The Origins of the Federal Reserve: The Dissatisfaction from 2017-12-20T13:00

From Chapter 14, "The Federal Reserve as a Cartelization Device: The Early Years, 1913–1930".

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14.2. The Road to the Federal Reserve from 2017-12-20T13:00

From Chapter 14, "The Federal Reserve as a Cartelization Device: The Early Years, 1913–1930".

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14.3. The Structure of the Federal Reserve from 2017-12-20T13:00

From Chapter 14, "The Federal Reserve as a Cartelization Device: The Early Years, 1913–1930".

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14.4. The Personnel of the Federal Reserve from 2017-12-20T13:00

From Chapter 14, "The Federal Reserve as a Cartelization Device: The Early Years, 1913–1930".

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14.5. The Federal Reserve and World War I from 2017-12-20T13:00

From Chapter 14, "The Federal Reserve as a Cartelization Device: The Early Years, 1913–1930".

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14.6. Internationalizing the Cartel from 2017-12-20T13:00

From Chapter 14, "The Federal Reserve as a Cartelization Device: The Early Years, 1913–1930".

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14.7. Britain and the Gold Exchange Standard from 2017-12-20T13:00

From Chapter 14, "The Federal Reserve as a Cartelization Device: The Early Years, 1913–1930".

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14.8. Open-Market Purchases in the 1920s from 2017-12-20T13:00

From Chapter 14, "The Federal Reserve as a Cartelization Device: The Early Years, 1913–1930".

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14.9. Creating the Acceptance Market from 2017-12-20T13:00

From Chapter 14, "The Federal Reserve as a Cartelization Device: The Early Years, 1913–1930".

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14.10. From Boom to Depression from 2017-12-20T13:00

From Chapter 14, "The Federal Reserve as a Cartelization Device: The Early Years, 1913–1930".

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14.11. Summary from 2017-12-20T13:00

From Chapter 14, "The Federal Reserve as a Cartelization Device: The Early Years, 1913–1930".

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The Progressive Era
15.1. Herbert Hoover as Secretary of Commerce from 2017-12-20T13:00

From Chapter 15, "Herbert Hoover and the Myth of Laissez-faire".

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15.2. Herbert Hoover Fights the Great Depression from 2017-12-20T13:00

From Chapter 15, "Herbert Hoover and the Myth of Laissez-faire".

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The Progressive Era
The Progressive Era Audiobook from 2017-12-20T13:00

Rothbard’s power-elite historical analysis shows how big business, big unions, and big government conspired to cartelize industries in order to further their own interests. Programs and agencies...

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The Progressive Era
Foreword by Judge Andrew P. Napolitano from 2017-12-20T13:00

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The Progressive Era
Introduction by Patrick Newman from 2017-12-20T13:00

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The Progressive Era
Preface by Murray N. Rothbard from 2017-12-20T13:00

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The Progressive Era
1.1. Subsidizing the Railroads from 2017-12-20T13:00

From Chapter 1, "Railroads: The First Big Business and the Failure of the Cartels".

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1.2. The Rationale of Railroad Pricing from 2017-12-20T13:00

From Chapter 1, "Railroads: The First Big Business and the Failure of the Cartels".

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1.3. The Attempts to Form Cartels from 2017-12-20T13:00

From Chapter 1, "Railroads: The First Big Business and the Failure of the Cartels".

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The Progressive Era
2.1. The Drive for Regulation from 2017-12-20T13:00

From Chapter 2, "Regulating the Railroads". 

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2.2. Strengthening the Interstate Commerce Commission from 2017-12-20T13:00

From Chapter 2, "Regulating the Railroads". 

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3.1. America’s Industrial Revolution from 2017-12-20T13:00

From Chapter 3, "Attempts at Monopoly in American Industry". 

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3.2. The Petroleum Industry from 2017-12-20T13:00

From Chapter 3, "Attempts at Monopoly in American Industry". 

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3.3. Iron and Steel from 2017-12-20T13:00

From Chapter 3, "Attempts at Monopoly in American Industry". 

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3.4. Agricultural Machinery from 2017-12-20T13:00

From Chapter 3, "Attempts at Monopoly in American Industry". 

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3.5. The Sugar Trust from 2017-12-20T13:00

From Chapter 3, "Attempts at Monopoly in American Industry". 

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3.6. Overall Assessment from 2017-12-20T13:00

From Chapter 3, "Attempts at Monopoly in American Industry". 

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The Progressive Era
4.1. The Third Party System from 2017-12-20T13:00

From Chapter 4, "The Third Party System: Pietists vs. Liturgicals".

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4.2. Pietists vs. Liturgicals: The Political Party Constituencies from 2017-12-20T13:00

From Chapter 4, "The Third Party System: Pietists vs. Liturgicals".

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The Progressive Era
4.3. Pietists vs. Liturgicals in the Midwest from 2017-12-20T13:00

From Chapter 4, "The Third Party System: Pietists vs. Liturgicals".

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The Progressive Era
4.4. Reform and the Drive for Prohibition from 2017-12-20T13:00

From Chapter 4, "The Third Party System: Pietists vs. Liturgicals".

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5.1. The Road to Democratic Triumph from 2017-12-20T13:00

From Chapter 5, "The Democratic Triumph of 1892".

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5.2. The Republicans Regroup from 2017-12-20T13:00

From Chapter 5, "The Democratic Triumph of 1892".

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The Progressive Era
6.1. The First Collapse: 1894 from 2017-12-20T13:00

From Chapter 6, "1896: The Collapse of the Third Party System and of Laissez-faire Politics".

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6.2. The Final Collapse: 1896 from 2017-12-20T13:00

From Chapter 6, "1896: The Collapse of the Third Party System and of Laissez-faire Politics".

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6.3. The Transformation of the Parties from 2017-12-20T13:00

From Chapter 6, "1896: The Collapse of the Third Party System and of Laissez-faire Politics".

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7.1. Financial Influence on Political Parties from 2017-12-20T13:00

From Chapter 7, "Theodore Roosevelt: The First Progressive, Part I".

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