Why Northern Politicians Conscripted Hundreds of Thousands of Americans and Paid Tens of Thousands of European Mercenaries to Fight Their “Civil War”
June 10, 2015
“[T]o preserve a political union, which was enriching them [and their crony capitalist supporters] through tariffs, internal improvements, and mercantilism,” writes Joseph Fallon, author of the excellent book, Lincoln Uncensored.
Dr. Thomas DiLorenzo [send him mail] is a former professor of economics at Loyola University Maryland and a longtime member of the senior faculty of the Mises Institute. He is the author or co-author of eighteen books including The Real Lincoln; How Capitalism Saved America; Lincoln Unmasked; Hamilton's Curse; Organized Crime: The Unvarnished Truth About Government; The Problem with Socialism; and The Politically-Incorrect Guide to Economics.
Even in 1917!