The Gilded Age and the Gold Standard | Thomas J. DiLorenzo

[Salvysahagun]

The reason for the gilded age boom was because of Protectionist policies. NO evil effects.

[WTFisaSquaLL]

@Salvysahagun

Thanks for clarifying that you don't understand comparative advantage.

[yasirjamal285]

What corporate welfare?, give an example please.

[Mackingster]

Thanks for posts like these. I use them all the time in my economics class.

[landgabriel]

anyone who has good informaiton on the Gilded Age please message it to me. I have leftist friends and family who use it as an example of how laissez faire doesn't work. I know that the government sent in troops to quelch worker riots, etc. I want to know more to debate that the Gilded Age was actually true Laissez Faire.

[doughtymqan]

@landgabriel We've never had pure capitalism, otherwise why would troops be used to stop a riot? The main problem is corps. & govt collusion. I would love to see Laissez Faire, but I wont hold my breath.

[FireGuyX]

the lying scoundrels are the NWO.

[gunsandbullhorns]

I've got DiLorenzo's two Lincoln books. Should I pick-up Hamilton's Curse next? ...or should I get a different on. Somebody give me a reccomendation.

[jburke8491]

I think you'll enjoy Hamilton's Curse! Such an interesting period of history and Dilorenzo shows how many of todays problems have their roots with Hamilton/mercantilism. Probably one of my favorite reads on the subject of the Founding Fathers.

[Salvysahagun]

This is SOOO wrong.

During the Gilded Age we had VERY high with protectionism.

Has this guy even read Alexander Hamitons "Report on a National Bank" the 1st National bank was NOTHING like the Bank of England. Read the 23 points of the national bank. Very different. As a matter a fact most

The National Banking Act was modeled to get private banks to do the same thing as the as Hamilton's National bank.

Just listen to William Mckinleys speech on Protectionism.

[asierra1492]

money, credit and business cycles(or close to it) by desoto. the best book in the last decade acording to joe salerno. :)

[Salvysahagun]

@gunsandbullhorns

its fundamentally wrong

[norcofreerider604]

Man, I just finished reading Hamilton's Curse and loved it, definitely pick up a copy.

[grraadd]

Nice history lesson - I never realized that you were so close to catastrophe at the beginning of US.

[suereed]

Yes, Mises should be congratulated for these great talks. Compulsive study.

[sokoboo]

TY Mises for these videos. I learn so much.

[RedShirtArmy]

End the Fed.