From The Beginning - LRC Blog
It is the definitive work on political and economic corruption and cronyism in America from the colonial beginning to the end of the Jacksonian era. It is one of the most searing, powerful and authoritative books I have ever read. The rank and fetid politicization of the government has been present from the beginning. This incise volume will not leave you unscathed but will shake you to your core. It is the perfect compliment to Rothbard’s five volume Conceived in Liberty series, and Ivan Jankovic’s The American people at large — content to deferentially dwell within the United States...