Journal of Libertarian Studies Volume 16, no. 2 (Spring 2002), pp. 139–161 2002 Ludwig von Mises Institute http://www.mises.org THE CONSOLIDATION OF STATE POWER VIA RECONSTRUCTION, 1865–1890 by: Thomas J. DiLorenzo All radical schemes to reconstruct the South entailed some more or less permanent expansion of central state activity and expenditures. – Richard Bensel, Yankee Leviathan […]