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Lecture series · recorded 2004

Reassessing the Presidency

Reassessing the Presidency is a free lecture series (18 recordings, 10 hours) you can stream or download at freecapitalists.org, with 18 speakers.

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  1. 01

    From Bad to Worse: Interventionist Bias in Conventional Presidential Rankings 2004

    Richard Vedder · 38:07 · 6.5 MB · Recorded 1 March 2004

    Capital and Interest TheoryInterventionismPolitical Theory

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  2. 02

    The Use of George Washington in the Statist Offensive 2004

    David Gordon · 31:26 · 5.4 MB · Recorded 1 March 2004

    Political TheoryBiographies

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  3. 03

    Reluctant Imperialism? William Howard Taft and the Colonial Empire 2004

    William Marina · 31:59 · 5.5 MB · Recorded 1 March 2004

    InterventionismPolitical TheoryBig Government

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  4. 04

    Presidential Use and Abuse of the Sherman Act: Cleveland to Clinton 2004

    George Bittlingmayer · 25:42 · 4.4 MB · Recorded 1 March 2004

    EntrepreneurshipMonopoly and CompetitionPolitical TheoryThe EntrepreneurLegal System

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  5. 05

    Lincoln and the Trimuph of Mercantilism 2004

    Thomas J. DiLorenzo · 33:50 · 5.8 MB · Recorded 1 March 2004

    Monopoly and CompetitionPolitical TheoryBiographiesU.S. History

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  6. 06

    The Warren Commision: A Rothbardian Analysis 2004

    James Dunlap · 27:03 · 4.6 MB · Recorded 1 March 2004

    Political TheoryPraxeologyLegal System

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  7. 07

    The Electoral College as a Brake on Presidential Power: Its Evolution From Washington to Jackson 2004

    Randall G. Holcombe · 31:16 · 5.4 MB · Recorded 1 March 2004

    Political Theory

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  8. 08

    The Supreme Court as Accomplice: Judicial Backing for Executive Power 2004

    Marshall DeRosa · 28:28 · 4.9 MB · Recorded 1 March 2004

    Political TheoryLegal System

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  9. 09

    Unimagined Power: The Presidency in the History of Political Philosophy 2004

    Paul Gottfried · 21:04 · 3.6 MB · Recorded 1 March 2004

    Philosophy and MethodologyPolitical TheoryBig Government

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  10. 10

    The President as Social Engineer 2004

    Michael Levin · 44:15 · 7.6 MB · Recorded 1 March 2004

    Political TheoryPraxeologyBig GovernmentMedia and Culture

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  11. 11

    Harry Truman and the Imperial Presidency 2004

    Ralph Raico · 43:27 · 7.5 MB · Recorded 1 March 2004

    Political TheoryBiographies

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  12. 12

    Woodrow Wilson's Revolution Within the Form 2004

    Richard Gamble · 30:33 · 5.2 MB · Recorded 1 March 2004

    Political TheoryBiographiesLegal System

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  13. 13

    Despotism Loves Company: The Story of Roosevelt and Stalin 2004

    Yuri N. Maltsev · 33:22 · 5.7 MB · Recorded 1 March 2004

    Political TheoryBiographiesWar and Foreign PolicyWorld History

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  14. 14

    Teddy Roosevelt and the Origins of the Modern Welfare-Warfare State 2004

    Thomas E. Woods, Jr. · 32:00 · 5.5 MB · Recorded 1 March 2004

    Political TheoryBiographiesU.S. HistoryWar and Foreign Policy

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  15. 15

    Presidential Money Mismanagement from FDR to Nixon 2004

    Joseph T. Salerno · 40:46 · 7.0 MB · Recorded 1 March 2004

    Fiscal TheoryPolitical TheoryBiographiesMoney and Banks

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  16. 16

    Martin van Buren: What Greatness Really Means 2004

    Jeffrey Rogers Hummel · 29:20 · 5.0 MB · Recorded 1 March 2004

    Biographies

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  17. 17

    William McKinley: Architect of the American Empire 2004

    Joseph R. Stromberg · 30:29 · 5.2 MB · Recorded 1 March 2004

    Political TheoryBig GovernmentBiographiesU.S. History

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  18. 18

    The Impossibility of Limited Government: The Prospects for a Second American Revolution 2004

    Hans-Hermann Hoppe · 47:27 · 8.1 MB · Recorded 1 March 2004

    Political TheoryBig GovernmentU.S. History

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People in this series

Speakers

David Gordon, George Bittlingmayer, Hans-Hermann Hoppe, James Dunlap, Jeffrey Rogers Hummel, Joseph R. Stromberg, Joseph T. Salerno, Marshall DeRosa, Michael Levin, Paul Gottfried, Ralph Raico, Randall G. Holcombe, Richard Gamble, Richard Vedder, Thomas E. Woods, Jr., Thomas J. DiLorenzo, William Marina, Yuri N. Maltsev.

Recording dates and topics for 18 of these 18 lectures come from the Mises Institute's page for Reassessing the Presidency, checked 2026-08-04.

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About this series

Is Reassessing the Presidency free to listen to?
Yes. All 18 mirrored recordings stream in the browser or download as audio, at no cost and with no signup.
How long is Reassessing the Presidency?
18 recordings, 10 hours in total.
Who lectures in Reassessing the Presidency?
David Gordon, George Bittlingmayer, Hans-Hermann Hoppe, James Dunlap, and 14 others.
When was Reassessing the Presidency recorded?
2004, per the recording dates recovered for this series.
Is there a transcript of Reassessing the Presidency?
Yes. Every lecture in the series has one, 79,457 words in total, free to read on each lecture's page and searchable in the browser.