The Progressive Era

By: Murray N. Rothbard

Narrated by: Graham Wright

Rothbard's posthumous masterpiece is the definitive book on the Progressives. It will soon be the must read study of this dreadful time in our past. (from the foreword by Judge Andrew P. Napolitano)

The current relationship between the modern state and the economy has its roots in the Progressive Era. (from the introduction by Patrick Newman)

Progressivism brought the triumph of institutionalized racism, the disfranchising of blacks in the South, the cutting off of immigration, the building up of trade unions by the federal government into a tripartite big government, big business, big unions alliance, the glorifying of military virtues and conscription, and a drive for American expansion abroad. In short, the Progressive Era ushered the modern American politico-economic system into being. (from the preface by Murray N. Rothbard)

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Strange Narrator Pronunciations

Stop using British narrators who have weird pronunciations. Names are pronounced a certain way no matter how they are spelled.

A must read

Rothbard is an academics academic and this book is a detailed history of progressivism, what it really means and how it controls the US to this day. A must listen

Essential

Easily the best book I’ve ever read for framing the modern political environment of the corporatist state.

Holy “Footnote”

This is a interesting read and is packed full of information. The footnotes are overdone and having a paperback copy might be a better way to enjoy this book.

Rothbard Abolishes History Class Deceptions

Rothbard, as detailed as ever clearly lays out how everything you learned in history class about the progressives about the late 19th and early 20th century was a deception. Every single chapter will shock you.