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Federal Government Growth Before the New Deal
by Randall G. Holcombe
Popular opinion holds that most of the credit (or
blame) for the incredible growth of the federal
government should go to President Franklin D.
Roosevelt and his New Deal. While Roosevelt certainly
was a
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The American Civil War was about consolidating federal power
by eroding states rightshistory has been written by the
winners of warLincoln undid everything Jackson did by
kicking the bankers outthey came back with a vengeance,
big players in the Civil War, and began