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Telling the story of how the largest economy in history came to be.

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Telling the story of how the largest economy in history came to be.

    Slavery and Capitalism

    Slavery and Capitalism

    What is the price of a human being? This episode explores the darkest stain on the history of US economics; slavery. 
    The American south was one of the richest regions on the planet in the 1850s.  Yet, despite their cash, many historians consider the American south economically backwards. This episode describes the industry of slavery, the make up of the South's economy and how a division in economic, political, and cultural ideals  sent the country careening towards the Civil War.

    • 29 min
    Economics of Division: Lead up to the War

    Economics of Division: Lead up to the War

    We pick up our narrative in the 1850s, while the US was on the brink of the bloody Civil War.  What was the economic situation that preceded the war? And what economic variables caused the war to happen?  This episode explores the effect of the Panic of 1857, which sucked national wealth out of the South and into Northern cities.  As well as the international trade and tariff environment which pitted Northern interests verse Southern ones.  Lastly, this episode exposes some the eerie similarities between economics of the 1850s, and that of the early 2000s.  
     
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    • 30 min
    Marxism vs Capitalism: A War of Ideas

    Marxism vs Capitalism: A War of Ideas

    The mid 19th century was a period which inaugurated Marxism and the Neoclassical Revolution, opposing ideologies which set the stage for economic battle for the next 150 years.  This episode explores the origins of both school of thought and how they contended against one another. 
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    • 36 min
    War, Gold and Expansion

    War, Gold and Expansion

    During the 1840's the US expanded by nearly 66%. What happens to an economy when the landmass it oversees expands by that much in just 3 years? Also, what happens to an economy which is on a gold standard, when a gold rush dumps millions of dollars of gold into circulation? 
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    • 32 min
    The Free Banking Era

    The Free Banking Era

    In the years before the Panics of 1837 and 1839, the US economy experienced an economic system remembered as the Free Banking Era.  It was a time when the Jacksonian Deomcrats, and their Laissez Faire ideals were in power.  How did the economy perform when the federal government decided it would go hands-off in terms of economic regulation? Listen in to find out. 
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    • 41 min
    The Bank Was Saved and the People Were Ruined

    The Bank Was Saved and the People Were Ruined

    The Second Bank of the US was formed to help stabilize the inflationary environment following the War of 1812.  This episode explores the inflation that helped to derail the economy leading up to the Panic of 1819 as well as the outcome of the nation's third attempt at a central bank. 
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    • 27 min

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