B

Babylonians, 63, 67

Back Door to War (Tansill), 169

Backman, Jules, 253–54

Economics of the Cotton Textile Industry,251n38

Baker, J.R.

Science and the Planned State,187

Bakunin, Michael, 27–29

Baldwin, Henry, 114

Balkans, 175

Bancroft, George, 70, 73

Bank of North America, 96

Bank of the United States

conflict over renewal, 110

Federalist Party and, 101

inflation of 1817–18, 114, 192

Jackson’s opposition to, 88, 119–20

War of 1812 and, 83, 111–12

banking

in 18th century England, 220

Bank of the United States. SeeBank of the United States

Banking School doctrines, 292

credit expansion in, 289

definition of money and, 260–65

in early U.S. history, 112–13

Federalist Party and, 101–05

individualist anarchists and, 30–31

during Jackson’s administration, 120

National Bank Act, 132

bankruptcy, 104, 119, 124, 146

Barlow, Joel, 105

Barnes, H.E.

Genesis of the World War,159

Baruch, Barnard M., 160, 282

Bastiat, Frédéric, 13

Battle of Bull Run, 131

Bauer, Peter, 277, 302, 306

BBC (British Broadcasting Company), 254–55

Beard, Charles

Economic Interpretation of the Constitution,3, 69–70

influence on DeHuszar, 98, 101, 105

influence on Jackson Main, 75, 78–79

influence on Williams, 195

Marxist ideas of, 69–75

Progressive movements and, 154

Rise of American Civilization,70–71

beatniks, 187, 396

Becker, Carl L., 75

Beckett, Samuel, 385

Béla Kun, 382

Belgium, 159

Benso, Camillo (Count Cavour), 393

Benton, Thomas H.

breakup of Democratic Party and, 123–24

founding of Democratic Party and, 117–18

importance of, 87

inflationary banking and, 114

opposition to Mexican-American War, 125

Randolph’s influence on, 86

Berlin Conference, 146

Betrothed, The (Manzoni), 392–93

Beveridge, Albert, 150

Bevin, Ernie, 273–74

Bill of Rights, 51, 121. See alsoAmendments to the Constitution

Birch Society, 183. See alsoWelch, Robert

Bisson, Thomas A., 202

Black, Charles

overview of Rothbard’s criticism, 2

The People and the Court: Judicial Review in a Democracy,51–55

Black Friday, 140

Blackett, P.M.S., 61

Blaine, Secretary, 145

Blount, James Henderson, 149

Bockus, C.E., 282

Böhm-Bawerk, Eugen, 212, 270, 277, 313–14

Bolivia, 203, 205, 207

Bolsheviks, 157, 346. See alsocommunism

Booth, John Wilkes, 135–36

Borchard, Edwin M.

Neutrality for the United States,160

Bourbon Democracy, 137–39, 148, 156

Bramson, Leon

The Political Context of Sociology,55–59

Brave New World (Huxley), 394

Bright, John

History of Israel,63

Britain

Ashton’s economic history of, 218–21

BBC (British Broadcasting Company), 254–55

Clayton-Bulwer Treaty, 146

colonial period of America and, 93–95

dispute with Venezuela, 145

Great Depression and, 289–90, 292

infant-industry argument, 252

invasion of Greece, 349, 351

Keynesian theory of economics and, 215

Korean War, 330

monopolies in, 308–13

Monroe Doctrine and, 81, 116

Oil War, 153

private transportation in, 218–19, 266

relations with Israel, 179, 180

scientific secrets of, 60–61

shipping disputes with, 119, 121

unions, 273

war against Malayans, 338

War of 1812, 107–11

World War I, 159–62

World War II, 172–73, 176

British East India Company, 308, 313

British Proclamation Line, 94

Brooks, Preston, 130

Brothers Karamazov, The (Dostoevsky), 394

Brown, Harrison

“Community of Fear,” 375

Brown, Robert, 85

Brown v. Board of Education,52

Bryan, William Jennings, 148, 157, 196

Bryant, William Cullen, 119

Buchanan, James M.

Prices, Income, and Public Policy,295–301

Buchanan, James (President), 119, 126, 130, 134

Buchanan Committee, 182

Buckley, William, Jr., 2

bureaucracy

aid to foreign countries and, 206–07

civil service movement, 140

vs. spoils system, 120

Burgess, John W., 158

Burke, Edmund, 103

Burlingame Treaty, 146

Burma, 329

Burma Road, 177

Burnham, Jim, 54

Burns, A.F., 4, 17, 185

Prosperity Without Inflation,263n48

Burr, Aaron, 104, 106–07, 109

Business Adrift (Donham), 288n60

business cycles

the Great Depression and, 236, 289

growth of United States, 1790–1860 and, 192–93

Keynesian theory of economics and, 233–34, 296

Butler, Nicholas Murray, 280