Liberty Chronicles, Ep. 70: Van Buren - Friend or Foe? with Jeff Hummel
Channel: Libertarianism.org
Date: 2018-09-04

Jeff Hummel joins our lengthy debate about who Van Buren really was as a person and as a President. Hummel argues that Van Buren took a small "r" republican position for most of his career, both in the law and in politics. Hummel also argues that Van Buren was more consistent as President than those who came before him. 

Why would Jeff Hummel categorize Van Buren as the "least bad" President? Why is Van Buren considered the first "ethnic President"? Was Van Buren consistently classically liberal? How does Van Buren compare to Calhoun? What did Van Buren think was the purpose of political parties?

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