The Progressive Era: Recent Episodes

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Rothbard's posthumous masterpiece is the definitive book on the Progressives. This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.

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

This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.

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

This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.

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From Chapter 2, "Regulating the Railroads".

This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.

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

This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.

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

This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.

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

This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.

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

This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.

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

This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.

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

This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.

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This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.

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This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.

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This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.

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

This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.

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

This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.

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

This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.

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

This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.

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

This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.

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From Chapter 2, "Regulating the Railroads".

This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.

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

This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.

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

This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.

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

This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.

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

This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.

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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 started in the Progressive Era have a destructive legacy that has carried on for a century.

This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright. The full text is available online here.

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

This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.

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

This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.

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

This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.

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

This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.

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

This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.

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

This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.

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

This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.

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

This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.

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

This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.

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

This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.

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

This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.

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

This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.

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

This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.

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

This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.

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

This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.

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

This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.

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

This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.

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

This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.

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

This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.

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

This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.

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

This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.

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

This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.

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

This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.

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

This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.

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

This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.

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

This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.

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

This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.

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

This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.

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

This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.

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

This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.

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

This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.

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

This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.

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

This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.

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

This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.

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

This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.

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

This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.

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

This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.

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

This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.

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

This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.

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

This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.

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

This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.

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

This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.

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

This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.

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

This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.

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

This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.

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

This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.

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

This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.

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

This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.

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

This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.

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

This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.

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

This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.

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

This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.