This book - the second of two volumes- looks at episodes in American economic history from a
public choice perspective. Each chapter discusses citizens special interests and government
officials responding to economic incentives in both markets and politics. In doing so the book
provides fresh insights into important periods of American history from the First Nationalist
Movement of 1783 to the perpetual renewal of the Federal Reserve in 1927. This volume features
the work of prominent economic historians such as Hugh Rockoff well-known public choice
scholars such as Joshua Hall and J.R. Clark and younger scholars such as Marcus Witcher and
Zachary Gocenour. This book will be useful for researchers and students interested in economics
history political science economic history public choice and political economy.
