Contents

Dedication

 

Introduction

1. Beaver Pelts, Big Government, and John Jacob Astor

2. Vanderbilt Goes Upstream Against the Subsidies

3. The Boy Governor Endorses State Subsidies

4. James J. Hill vs. Subsidized Railroads

5. Herbert Dow Changed the World

6. The Wright Brothers Conquer the Air

7. The D.C. Subsidy Machine

8. Uncle Sam Invents the Energy Crisis

9. Uncle Sam Heals the Planet

Conclusion

Acknowledgments

Notes

Index

 

About the Authors

Also by Burton W. Folsom Jr.

Credits

Copyright

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