RealClear Radio Hour – Smugglers, Rebels & Entrepreneurs

American Colossus

Nov 14, 2015

John Steele Gordon, historian and author of An Empire of Wealth: The Epic History of American Economic Power, gives a colorful account of a nation built by smugglers, rebels, and entrepreneurs who became industry giants.

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Private Alternatives

Nov 14, 2015

Edward Stringham, Trinity College professor and author of Private Governance: Creating Order in Economic and Social Life, recounts successful examples of voluntary associations and bottom-up order from the first stock market in Amsterdam in the 1600s to the still extant private police force in San Francisco.

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