Comments on: Getting the 19th Century Wrong http://whippersnapper.wordpress.com/2007/06/02/getting-the-19th-century-wrong/ Wed, 23 Dec 2009 04:11:39 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Eric H http://whippersnapper.wordpress.com/2007/06/02/getting-the-19th-century-wrong/#comment-178 Eric H Fri, 15 Jun 2007 02:30:56 +0000 http://whippersnapper.wordpress.com/2007/06/02/getting-the-19th-century-wrong/#comment-178 "the residual effects of Progressive and New Deal regulatory institutions provide a countervailing power" You should pick up a copy of Gabriel Kolko's The Triumph of Conservatism. He argues that Progressivism was largely a movement led by the industrial elites (railroads, banks, meat packers, etc.). In other words, they merely refined the ways in which they used the government to further their, not "the public's", ends. You could then follow up with some reading -- John Flynn or Dominick Armentano for example -- on the background of the New Deal, which was largely an attempt to copy Mussolini's "corporative" idea. “the residual effects of Progressive and New Deal regulatory institutions provide a countervailing power”

You should pick up a copy of Gabriel Kolko’s The Triumph of Conservatism. He argues that Progressivism was largely a movement led by the industrial elites (railroads, banks, meat packers, etc.). In other words, they merely refined the ways in which they used the government to further their, not “the public’s”, ends. You could then follow up with some reading — John Flynn or Dominick Armentano for example — on the background of the New Deal, which was largely an attempt to copy Mussolini’s “corporative” idea.

]]> By: Pseudo-Polymath » Blog Archive » Discussions of Past Eras http://whippersnapper.wordpress.com/2007/06/02/getting-the-19th-century-wrong/#comment-137 Pseudo-Polymath » Blog Archive » Discussions of Past Eras Fri, 08 Jun 2007 02:35:20 +0000 http://whippersnapper.wordpress.com/2007/06/02/getting-the-19th-century-wrong/#comment-137 [...] who cites the 19th century example from an earlier post as an example of error. The detractor (Matt Zeitlin) critiques this passage of Mr Kuznicki’s in this essay (from June 1). Indeed, one of the [...] [...] who cites the 19th century example from an earlier post as an example of error. The detractor (Matt Zeitlin) critiques this passage of Mr Kuznicki’s in this essay (from June 1). Indeed, one of the [...]

]]> By: Positive Liberty » Back To The Future http://whippersnapper.wordpress.com/2007/06/02/getting-the-19th-century-wrong/#comment-134 Positive Liberty » Back To The Future Thu, 07 Jun 2007 18:00:54 +0000 http://whippersnapper.wordpress.com/2007/06/02/getting-the-19th-century-wrong/#comment-134 [...] I think it’s really naive to say, as Matt Zeitlin does, that “[w]hat makes the 19th century so unappealing to American liberals is not that it was [...] [...] I think it’s really naive to say, as Matt Zeitlin does, that “[w]hat makes the 19th century so unappealing to American liberals is not that it was [...]

]]> By: Positive Liberty » What Was Wrong About the Nineteenth Century… http://whippersnapper.wordpress.com/2007/06/02/getting-the-19th-century-wrong/#comment-130 Positive Liberty » What Was Wrong About the Nineteenth Century… Thu, 07 Jun 2007 04:32:47 +0000 http://whippersnapper.wordpress.com/2007/06/02/getting-the-19th-century-wrong/#comment-130 [...] Matt Zeitlin offers a long and vigorous reply to my piece on libertarians and the myth of the nineteenth century (”The Age of Abundance and the Gilded Age,” posted here June 1). [...] [...] Matt Zeitlin offers a long and vigorous reply to my piece on libertarians and the myth of the nineteenth century (”The Age of Abundance and the Gilded Age,” posted here June 1). [...]

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