Slavery and Capitalism
Slavery and Capitalism
What is the price of a human being? This episode explores the darkest stain on the history of US economics; slavery. Th... Read more
27 Feb 2019
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29mins
Economics of Division: Lead up to the War
Economics of Division: Lead up to the War
We pick up our narrative in the 1850s, while the US was on the brink of the bloody Civil War. What was the economic sit... Read more
10 Dec 2018
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30mins
Marxism vs Capitalism: A War of Ideas
Marxism vs Capitalism: A War of Ideas
The mid 19th century was a period which inaugurated Marxism and the Neoclassical Revolution, opposing ideologies which s... Read more
4 Nov 2018
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36mins
War, Gold and Expansion
War, Gold and Expansion
During the 1840's the US expanded by nearly 66%. What happens to an economy when the landmass it oversees expands by tha... Read more
7 Oct 2018
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32mins
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The Free Banking Era
The Free Banking Era
In the years before the Panics of 1837 and 1839, the US economy experienced an economic system remembered as the Free Ba... Read more
10 Sep 2018
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41mins
The Bank Was Saved and the People Were Ruined
The Bank Was Saved and the People Were Ruined
The Second Bank of the US was formed to help stabilize the inflationary environment following the War of 1812. This epi... Read more
19 Aug 2018
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27mins
From Plenty to Ruin
From Plenty to Ruin
This episode is about the Panic of 1819, America's first (post-Revolutionary War) financial crisis. We pick up with the... Read more
24 Jul 2018
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28mins
The US and Tariffs Part 1; The Pre-Civil War Era
The US and Tariffs Part 1; The Pre-Civil War Era
This episode takes a break from the chronological narrative we've been following thus far to consider the tariff history... Read more
15 Jul 2018
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23mins
The Constitution through an Economic Lens
The Constitution through an Economic Lens
The Articles of Confederation failed to create the economic infrastructure needed to run a country. In response, a Const... Read more
15 Jul 2018
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19mins
Hamilton to the Rescue
Hamilton to the Rescue
The Revolutionary War left Americas economy in mountains of debt. Alexander Hamilton had a daring plan to solve that pro... Read more
15 Jul 2018
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19mins
