Chapter 12: The Culmination of The American System: Enlarging the Empire
Part IV: The Era of Corruption, 1817–1829.
U.S. History
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Chapter 15: Dismantling the American System: A Laissez-Faire Economy
Part V: The Failed Jacksonian Revolution, 1829–1849.
Introduction
Introduction to Cronyism: Liberty versus Power in Early America, 1607–1849. Narrated by Scott R. Pollack
American Conquest and the Fall of the Jacksonians
Dr. Patrick Newman and Tho Bishop discuss the connection between the imperialism of the Jacksonians and the corruption of America as an "empire of liberty."
Jacksonian Populism and the Trans-Atlantic Persuasion
Dr. Patrick Newman and Tho Bishop look at the record of the Jackson administration.
Wokism Could Provoke a Global Anti-American Backlash
Wokism and US foreign policy should not be viewed as isolated phenomena but rather inextricably linked concepts given the US’s universalist foreign policy modus operandi.
In the Age of Covid, We’re Reminded an Unjust Law Is No Law at All
It is one thing to follow the law for prudential reasons and another thing entirely to assume the law brings with it some sort of moral imperative. Laws rarely do.
The “New Economists” and the Great Depression of the 1970s
The 1970s were the turning point in the wrong direction. Under Keynesian guidance, gold was abandoned, prices increased, and the dollar rapidly depreciated.
How the Jacksonians Killed the Bank
General Andrew Jackson, fresh off the election of 1828, assumes the office of the presidency, armed with a battle plan to bring down the institutions he blames for the corruption of the republic.
