Murray Rothbard's fifth volume of Conceived in Liberty, edited by Patrick Newman, highlights the most important battle of the American project — one that continues to this day — the conflict between those who want to centralize power, and those who choose to stand to defend the American heritage of liberty.

Conceived in Liberty, Volume 5

The fifth volume of Conceived in Liberty highlights the most important battle of the American project — one that continues to this day — the conflict between those who want to centralize power, and those who choose to stand to defend the American heritage of liberty.

This book features a foreword by Judge Andrew Napolitano, a preface by Dr. Thomas E. Woods, and an introduction by Dr. Patrick Newman. Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

Conceived in Liberty, Volume 5: The New Republic: 1784–1791

Chapter 17. Strengthening the Executive and Judiciary

Chapter 16. The Debate over Representation in Congress

Chapter 15. The Nature of National Power

Chapter 14. Elections in the Bicameral Congress

Chapter 13. The Delegates of the Convention and America’s Great Men

Chapter 12. The Annapolis Convention

Chapter 11. Shays’ Rebellion

Chapter 10. The Diplomacy of the Confederation

Chapter 9. The Jay-Gardoqui Treaty and the Mississippi River

Chapter 8. The Old Southwest

Chapter 7. The Old Northwest

Chapter 6. The Burdens of Federal Public Debt

Chapter 5. The Issuance of State Paper Money

Chapter 4. The Burdens of State Public Debt

Chapter 3. The Drive for State and Federal Protective Tariffs

Chapter 2. The Depression of the 1780s and the Banking Struggle

Introduction by Patrick Newman

Preface by Thomas E. Woods, Jr.

Foreword by Judge Andrew P. Napolitano

Part I: The Economic Legacy of the American Revolution. Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

Chapter 1. Changes in Foreign Trade

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