About this episode
William J. Watkins, Jr. joins us for a discussion on the Articles of Confederation and the ideas of the Anti-Federalists.
Were the Articles of Confederation a failure? How did the country work under them and how is the US Constitution different? What can we learn from the Anti-Federalists?
Watkins is a research fellow at the Independent Institute.
Show Notes and Further Reading
Watkins’s book is Crossroads for Liberty: Recovering the Anti-Federalist Values of America’s First Constitution (2016).
Trevor mentions this episode of Free Thoughts with Gary Gerstle.
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