Episode 11: The Practical Meaning of Economic Equality

Give Me Liberty: The Making of American Exceptionalism

English - March 16, 2020 10:00 - 33 minutes - 30.6 MB
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Famously proclaiming that we “shall not crucify mankind on a cross of gold,” William Jennings Bryan delivered a plea for the coinage of silver, which he believed would help combat the rampant economic inequality of the late 19th century. Rick and Luke examine how one of the most famous pieces of American political oratory changed the meaning of economic equality.