Ep. 321 | Constitutional Chats Podcast | Dan Mahoney | Madison vs. Marx: The Slippery Slope of Socialism to Authoritarian Rule
Today, we contrast the political philosophies of two of history's most influential thinkers: James Madison and Karl Marx. Their core philosophies could not be more different. Madison believed concent...
3 Okt 1h 1min
Ep. 321 | Constitutional Chats Podcast | Dan Mahoney | Madison vs. Marx: The Slippery Slope of Socialism to Authoritarian Rule
Today, we contrast the political philosophies of two of history's most influential thinkers: James Madison and Karl Marx. Their core philosophies could not be more different. Madison believed concent...
3 Okt 1h 1min
Ep. 319 | Constitutional Chats Podcast | Timothy Sandefur | The Constitution vs. Socialism: America's Built-In Safeguards
Socialism isn't new. Plato's "The Republic" outlines an ideal state with elements of socialism. The Founding Fathers were well aware of the concept and purposefully wrote safeguards against it in ou...
19 Sep 53min
Ep. 318 | Constitutional Chats Podcast | Shruti Rajagopalan | What Happens When a Country Tries Socialism
Socialism sounds good in theory — but what does it look like in practice? From centralized economic policies to government control over markets and private enterprise, our guest today explores the rea...
12 Sep 57min
Ep. 317 | Constitutional Chats Podcast | Lawrence W. Reed | What Is Socialism?
This week we kick off a new Constitutional Chats Podcast series on socialism. In our first episode this week we address the basic concept of socialism: what defines it, what is it not and how does it...
4 Sep 57min
Ep. 316 | Constitutional Chats Podcast | Matthew Skic | The Declaration's Journey: 250 Years of America's Founding Document
It's no secret, we at Constituting America are big fans of the Declaration of Independence. What Thomas Jefferson so eloquently wrote quite literally changed the world. But have you stopped to think...
28 Aug 51min
Ep. 315 | Constitutional Chats Podcast | Christopher Burkett | Breathing Life into the Law: How the People Ratified the Constitution
"Consent of the governed." It's such a powerful phrase in our Declaration of Independence and truly speaks to the heart of the American Experiment. But what does consent mean? To dive into this not...
21 Aug 57min
