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The Progressive Era

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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The Progressive Era Audiobook Dec 20, 2017

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.

Download the complete audio book (74 MP3 files) in one ZIP file here. This audiobook is also available on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and via RSS.

Foreword by Judge Andrew P. Napolitano Dec 20, 2017

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

Introduction by Patrick Newman Dec 20, 2017

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

Preface by Murray N. Rothbard Dec 20, 2017

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

1.1. Subsidizing the Railroads Dec 20, 2017

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.

1.2. The Rationale of Railroad Pricing Dec 20, 2017

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.

1.3. The Attempts to Form Cartels Dec 20, 2017

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.

2.1. The Drive for Regulation Dec 20, 2017

From Chapter 2, "Regulating the Railroads".

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

2.2. Strengthening the Interstate Commerce Commission Dec 20, 2017

From Chapter 2, "Regulating the Railroads".

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

3.1. America’s Industrial Revolution Dec 20, 2017

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.

3.2. The Petroleum Industry Dec 20, 2017

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.

3.3. Iron and Steel Dec 20, 2017

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.

3.4. Agricultural Machinery Dec 20, 2017

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.

3.5. The Sugar Trust Dec 20, 2017

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.

3.6. Overall Assessment Dec 20, 2017

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.

4.1. The Third Party System Dec 20, 2017

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.

4.2. Pietists vs. Liturgicals: The Political Party Constituencies Dec 20, 2017

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.

4.3. Pietists vs. Liturgicals in the Midwest Dec 20, 2017

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.

4.4. Reform and the Drive for Prohibition Dec 20, 2017

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.

5.1. The Road to Democratic Triumph Dec 20, 2017

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

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

5.2. The Republicans Regroup Dec 20, 2017

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

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

6.1. The First Collapse: 1894 Dec 20, 2017

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.

6.2. The Final Collapse: 1896 Dec 20, 2017

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.

6.3. The Transformation of the Parties Dec 20, 2017

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.

7.1. Financial Influence on Political Parties Dec 20, 2017

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.

7.2. T.R.: The Making of a Progressive Dec 20, 2017

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.

7.3. T.R. as President: The “Good” Trusts Dec 20, 2017

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.

7.4. T.R. as President: The “Bad” Trusts Dec 20, 2017

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.

7.5. The International Oil War Dec 20, 2017

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.

8.1. The Meat Packing Myth Dec 20, 2017

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.

8.2. Harvey W. Wiley and the Pure Food and Drug Act Dec 20, 2017

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.

8.3. Theodore Roosevelt and the Conservation Crusade Dec 20, 2017

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.

9.1. The Origins: The Chicago Civic Federation Dec 20, 2017

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.

9.2. Organizing the NCF Dec 20, 2017

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.

9.3. The Clash over Unions Dec 20, 2017

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.

9.4. The Drive for Workmen’s Compensation Laws Dec 20, 2017

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.

9.5. Monopolizing Public Utilities Dec 20, 2017

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.

9.6. Regulating Industry Dec 20, 2017

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.

9.7. Allied Group: The American Association for Labor Dec 20, 2017

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.

10.1. Ethnoreligious Conflict and the Public Schools Dec 20, 2017

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.

10.2. Progressives, Public Education, and the Family: The Case of San Francisco Dec 20, 2017

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.

10.3. Ethnoreligious Conflict and the Rise of Feminism Dec 20, 2017

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.

10.4. Gathered Together: Progressivism as a Political Party Dec 20, 2017

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.

10.5. Significance Dec 20, 2017

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.

11.1. Why the Welfare State? Dec 20, 2017

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.

11.2. Yankee Postmillennial Pietism Dec 20, 2017

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.

11.3. Yankee Women: The Driving Force Dec 20, 2017

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.

11.4. Progressives and the Gradual Secularization of Postmillennial Pietism: Ely, Dewey, and Commons Dec 20, 2017

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.

11.5. Yankee Women Progressives Dec 20, 2017

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.

11.6. The New Deal Dec 20, 2017

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.

11.7. The Rockefellers and Social Security Dec 20, 2017

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.

12.1. Big Business and War Collectivism Dec 20, 2017

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.

12.2. Intellectuals and the Legacy of War Collectivism Dec 20, 2017

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.

12.3. The Drive to Prolong War Collectivism Dec 20, 2017

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.

13.1. Introduction Dec 20, 2017

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.

13.2. Pietism and Prohibition Dec 20, 2017

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.

13.3. Women at War and at the Polls Dec 20, 2017

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.

13.4. Saving Our Boys from Alcohol and Vice Dec 20, 2017

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.

13.5. The New Republic Collectivists Dec 20, 2017

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.

13.6. Economics in Service of the State: The Empiricism of Richard T. Ely Dec 20, 2017

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.

13.7. Economics in Service of the State: Government and Statistics Dec 20, 2017

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.

13.8. Appendix: Toward the Centralization of Science: The National Research Council Dec 20, 2017

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.

14.1. The Origins of the Federal Reserve: The Dissatisfaction Dec 20, 2017

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.

14.2. The Road to the Federal Reserve Dec 20, 2017

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.

14.3. The Structure of the Federal Reserve Dec 20, 2017

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.

14.4. The Personnel of the Federal Reserve Dec 20, 2017

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.

14.5. The Federal Reserve and World War I Dec 20, 2017

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.

14.6. Internationalizing the Cartel Dec 20, 2017

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.

14.7. Britain and the Gold Exchange Standard Dec 20, 2017

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.

14.8. Open-Market Purchases in the 1920s Dec 20, 2017

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.

14.9. Creating the Acceptance Market Dec 20, 2017

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.

14.10. From Boom to Depression Dec 20, 2017

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.

14.11. Summary Dec 20, 2017

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.

15.1. Herbert Hoover as Secretary of Commerce Dec 20, 2017

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.

15.2. Herbert Hoover Fights the Great Depression Dec 20, 2017

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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