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The Founders, the Constitution, and the Historians
How could Charles Beard have erred so badly in arguing that the Constitution was written mainly to serve the signers’ economic interests? In part Beard missed the mark because he was trying to hit something else—a Progressive agenda for reform, the excuse to transfer wealth from the haves to the have-nots. If the Founders were merely protecting their economic interests, Beard and his progressive friends were justified in supporting the redistribution of wealth.
11Jun2009 | Burton W. Folsom Jr. | 0 comments | ContinuedA Reviewers Notebook
The late Charles A. Beard was a complex and often contradictory character. While he did not invent the “economic interpretation” of history, he gave it its first great impetus in America by writing his An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States. That was back in 1913, the lyric year when social change [...]
21Nov2009 | John Chamberlain | 0 comments | Continued-
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The End of Prosperity: How Higher Taxes Will Doom the Economy–If We Let it Happen
By Arthur B. Laffer, Stephen Moore, and Peter J. Tanous
