No More Free Markets or Free Beer [Hardcover]

Burton Jr. Folsom (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0739100149 | ISBN-13: 978-0739100141 | Publication Date: March 25, 1999

In this book, Burton W. Folsom Jr. studies the decline of laissez-faire by looking at the increased government regulation and new restrictions on individual liberty in one critical state: Nebraska. During the progressive era in Nebraska, the critics of laissez-faire promoted intervention in both economic and social life through the issues of railroad regulation and prohibition of alcoholic beverages. The state's major political leaders—William Jennings Bryan, J. Sterling Morton, Gilbert Hitchcock, and George Norris—had to take stands on the issues of railroad regulation and prohibition. The debate over these issues dominated politics in Nebraska through the progressive era. Folsom analyzes Nebraska's major political campaigns, who won or lost and why, and how the state's major immigrant groups responded to the economic and cultural issues.

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A well-balanced, highly readable narrative. (Harl A. Dalstrom Great Plains Quarterly )

About the Author

Burton W. Folsom Jr. is Senior Fellow at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy and Adjunct Professor of History at Northwood University.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 200 pages
• Publisher: Lexington Books (March 25, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0739100149
• ISBN-13: 978-0739100141
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,013,785 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Burton W. Folsom is a professor of history at Hillsdale College in Michigan and senior historian at the Foundation for Economic Education in Irvington, New York. He is a regular columnist for The Freeman and has written articles for The Wall Street Journal and American Spectator, among other publications. He lives in Michigan.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent read re Progressivism, W.J.Bryan, Nebraska history, etc., January 29, 2012

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This review is from: No More Free Markets or Free Beer (Hardcover)

This is a very readable history of the Progressive era in Nebraska. In the process of relating that history, the author essentially summarizes the biographies of three famous Nebraskans: J. Sterling Morton, Wm. Jennings Bryan, and George Norris. If you aren't from Nebraska, you still will benefit from reading this book. Each of these men played roles on the national political stage that had lasting effects on the country and Progressivism as it exists in both political parties to the present day. Highly recommended.