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'''''Reassessing the Presidency: The Rise of the Executive State and the Decline of Freedom''''' is a 2001 collection of essays discussing various aspects of the office of the Presidency in the United States, and several historical [[Presidents of the United States|US presidents]]. It was edited by [[John V. Denson]], who also contributed | '''''Reassessing the Presidency: The Rise of the Executive State and the Decline of Freedom''''' is a 2001 collection of essays discussing various aspects of the office of the Presidency in the United States, and several historical [[Presidents of the United States|US presidents]]. It was edited by [[John V. Denson]], who also contributed two essays. | ||
Among the contributors are [[Thomas J. DiLorenzo]], [[Lowell Gallaway]], [[David Gordon]], [[Hans-Hermann Hoppe]], [[Jeffrey Rogers Hummel]], [[Yuri N. Maltsev]], [[Joseph T. Salerno]], [[Richard Vedder]], and [[Thomas E. Woods, Jr.]]. | Among the contributors are [[Thomas J. DiLorenzo]], [[Lowell Gallaway]], [[David Gordon]], [[Hans-Hermann Hoppe]], [[Jeffrey Rogers Hummel]], [[Yuri N. Maltsev]], [[Joseph T. Salerno]], [[Richard Vedder]], and [[Thomas E. Woods, Jr.]]. | ||
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|1||Rating Presidential Performance||Richard Vedder, Lowell Gallaway|| | |1||Rating Presidential Performance||Richard Vedder, Lowell Gallaway|| | ||
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|2||George Washington: An Image and Its Influence||David Gordon|| | |2||George Washington: An Image and Its Influence||David Gordon||Gordon addresses two ways that Washington harmed Americans during his presidency – his support for the [[United States Constitution|US Constitution]] and the [[First National Bank of the United States|National Bank]] – and one positive impact: his non-interventionism, as expressed in his [[George Washington's Farewell Address|Farewell Address]]. | ||
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|3||Thomas Jefferson: Classical-Liberal Statesman of the Old Republic||H. Arthur Scott Trask|| | |3||Thomas Jefferson: Classical-Liberal Statesman of the Old Republic||H. Arthur Scott Trask|| | ||
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|4||Supreme Court as Accomplice: Judicial Backing for a Despotic Presidency||Marshall L. DeRosa|| | |4||Supreme Court as Accomplice: Judicial Backing for a Despotic Presidency||Marshall L. DeRosa|| | ||
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|5||The Electoral College as a Restraint on American Democracy: Its Evolution from Washington to Jackson|| Randall G. Holcombe|| | |5||The Electoral College as a Restraint on American Democracy: Its Evolution from Washington to Jackson|| Randall G. Holcombe||Holcombe traces the [[Electoral College]] from its origin as a method of ensuring rule by a political elite to its transformation by state voting laws and especially the election of [[Andrew Jackson]]. | ||
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|6||Martin Van Buren: The American Gladstone||Jeffrey Rogers Hummel|| | |6||Martin Van Buren: The American Gladstone||Jeffrey Rogers Hummel|| | ||
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*[http://mises.org/media/category/26/Reassessing-the-Presidency Reassessing the Presidency] Mises Institute Seminar, March 2004 | |||
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| Reassessing the Presidency: The Rise of the Executive State and the Decline of Freedom | |
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| Author(s) | John V. Denson, others |
| Country | United States |
| Subject(s) | Politics |
| Genre(s) | Non-fiction |
| Publisher | Ludwig von Mises Institute |
| Publication date | 2001 |
| Media type | Print, Digital |
| Pages | 791 p. (incl. index) |
| ISBN | 0-945466-29-3 |
Reassessing the Presidency: The Rise of the Executive State and the Decline of Freedom is a 2001 collection of essays discussing various aspects of the office of the Presidency in the United States, and several historical US presidents. It was edited by John V. Denson, who also contributed two essays.
Among the contributors are Thomas J. DiLorenzo, Lowell Gallaway, David Gordon, Hans-Hermann Hoppe, Jeffrey Rogers Hummel, Yuri N. Maltsev, Joseph T. Salerno, Richard Vedder, and Thomas E. Woods, Jr..
Contents
| # | Title | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Introduction | John V. Denson | ||
| 1 | Rating Presidential Performance | Richard Vedder, Lowell Gallaway | |
| 2 | George Washington: An Image and Its Influence | David Gordon | Gordon addresses two ways that Washington harmed Americans during his presidency – his support for the US Constitution and the National Bank – and one positive impact: his non-interventionism, as expressed in his Farewell Address. |
| 3 | Thomas Jefferson: Classical-Liberal Statesman of the Old Republic | H. Arthur Scott Trask | |
| 4 | Supreme Court as Accomplice: Judicial Backing for a Despotic Presidency | Marshall L. DeRosa | |
| 5 | The Electoral College as a Restraint on American Democracy: Its Evolution from Washington to Jackson | Randall G. Holcombe | Holcombe traces the Electoral College from its origin as a method of ensuring rule by a political elite to its transformation by state voting laws and especially the election of Andrew Jackson. |
| 6 | Martin Van Buren: The American Gladstone | Jeffrey Rogers Hummel | |
| 7 | Abraham Lincoln and the Triumph of Mercantilism | Thomas J. DiLorenzo | |
| 8 | Lincoln and the First Shot: A Study of Deceit and Deception | John V. Denson | |
| 9 | President Andrew Johnson: Tribune of States' Rights | H. Arthur Scott Trask, Carey Roberts | |
| 10 | William McKinley: Architect of the American Empire | Joseph R. Stromberg | |
| 11 | Theodore Roosevelt and the Modern Presidency | Thomas E. Woods, Jr. | Woods focuses on Roosevelt's belligerent personality, his imperialist foreign policy (especially with respect to the Philippines), his pushing for new regulatory legislation, and his antitrust battle against the railroads. |
| 12 | The Use and Abuse of Antitrust From Cleveland to Clinton: Causes and Consequences | George Bittlingmayer | |
| 13 | From Opponent of Empire to Career Opportunist: William Howard Taft as Conservative Bureaucrat in the Evolution of the American Imperial System | William Marina | |
| 14 | Woodrow Wilson's Revolution Within the Form | Richard M. Gamble | |
| 15 | Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal: From Economic Fascism to Pork-Barrel Politics | Thomas J. DiLorenzo | |
| 16 | Roosevelt and the First Shot: A Study of Deceit and Deception | John V. Denson | |
| 17 | Despotism Loves Company: The Story of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Josef Stalin | Yuri N. Maltsev, Barry Dean Simpson | |
| 18 | Harry S. Truman: Advancing the Revolution | Ralph Raico | |
| 19 | From Kennedy's "New Economics" to Nixon's "New Economic Policy": Monetary Inflation and the March of Economic Fascism | Joseph T. Salerno | |
| 20 | The Managerial President | Paul Gottfried | |
| 21 | The President as Social Engineer | Michael Levin | |
| 22 | The Impossibility of Limited Government and the Prospects for a Second American Revolution | Hans-Hermann Hoppe | Hoppe argues that the US Constitution established tyranny, that the American experiment in limited government has failed and should be ended via localized secession, and that private insurance companies, not governments, are best suited for the production of security. |
| 23 | The American President: From Cincinnatus to Caesar | Clyde N. Wilson |
Links
- Resources page at Mises.org
- Reassessing the Presidency Mises Institute Seminar, March 2004