Episode 90 Cronyism Has Plagued America Since the Beginning with Patrick Newman

Summary:Conservatives and libertarians tend to look back at the 17th and 18th centuries as limited government, free market utopias. Patrick Newman shatters that myth with his latest book, Cronyism: Liberty versus Power in Early America, 1607-1849.Guest Bio:Patrick Newman is an assistant professor of economics at Florida Southern College and a fellow of the Mises Institute. He is the editor of Murray Rothbard's The Progressive Era (2017) and Conceived in Liberty, Volume V: The New Republic, 1784-1791 (2019). He is the author of Cronyism: Liberty versus Power in Early America, 1607-1849 (2021).Guest Links:Twitter: @drpatricknewmanPatrick’s Mises Institute ProfileAdditional Reading:Cronyism: Liberty versus Power in Early America, 1607-1849Conceived in Liberty, Volume 5: The New RepublicThe Progressive EraFree Gift from Tom:Download a free copy of Tom's new e-book, It’s the Fed, Stupid, at itsthefedstupid.com. It’s also available in paperback here.It’s priced at a pre-hyperinflation level so grab a few copies for friends if you can.It makes a great introduction to the government’s most economically damaging institution for liberals, conservatives, libertarians, socialists, and independents alike.Like the music on Tom Mullen Talks Freedom? You can hear more at tommullensings.com!