About this episode

The episode critiques the traditional narrative taught about the post-Civil War era and its negative impact on the economy and opportunities for younger generations.

The story we all learn in school about the era after the Civil War is ALL WRONG and this LIE is destroying our economy and reducing opportunity for all of us. Young people under the age of 40 are going to have to turn this around. Too many people above the age of 40 are too far gone. They have simply consumed too much propaganda to be redeemed. LINK to The Misesian by The Mises Institute https://mises.org/library/periodical/misesian

Topics covered

• economy
• propaganda
• Civil War
• young people
• opportunity
• progressive narrative

Keywords

• progressive fairy tale
• economy
• Civil War
• propaganda
• young people
• opportunity
• Mises Institute

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Mises Institute

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