CHARLES AUSTIN BEARD, 1874-1948 Charles Beard was born in Knightstown, Indiana on November 27, 1874 in the heart of the state's corn belt. By the close of his life in 1948, Beard was considered the foremost American historian of the first half of the 20th century, and his works and life still receive discussion to … Continue reading The Revisionist Evolution of Historian Charles A. Beard
Last Thursday's wanton attack on a Syrian air field by the US and its bellicose actions toward North Korea have brought to the forefront the real cost of candidate Trump's landslide victory last November. Unlike most laymen, accountants, and financial analysts, economists look at cost differently. For economists, cost or more specifically, "opportunity cost," means … Continue reading The Cost of a Trump Presidency
Review: Charles A. Beard, American Foreign Policy in the Making, 1932-1940: A Study in Responsibilities. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1946. Introduction Last year, 2016, marked the 70th anniversary of the publication of Charles Beard's masterful study of United States foreign policy prior to the nation's disastrous entrance into the Second World War, American … Continue reading Charles A. Beard, “American Foreign Policy in the Making, 1932-1940″*
