Troy Senik on Grover Cleveland
April 7, 2023
Learn more about the least well-known two-term president. While tariffs and the price of silver aren't as important to American politics now as they were then, integrity and careful compromises are.
Learn more about the least well-known two-term president. While tariffs and the price of silver aren't as important to American politics now as they were then, integrity and careful compromises are.
Troy Senik is the author A Man of Iron: The Turbulent Life and Improbable Presidency of Grover Cleveland. He also was a White House speech writer and is the cofounder of Kite & Key media. Today, Senick talks with host Juliette Sellgren about his new book and the life of Grover Cleveland. They talk about how Cleveland became president and the politics of the time, as well as why he is often forgotten today. Senik characterizes Cleveland’s principled nature and his time in office. He also gives politicians and Americans both advice on what can be learned from this amazing yet inconspicuous figure in history.
Want to explore more?
How We Broke the Presidency, Kite & Key Media
From AdamSmithWorks
Arnold Kling on The Three Languages of Politics, a Great Antidote podcast.
Tevi Troy on the U.S. Presidency, a Great Antidote podcast.
Chris Freiman on Voting, a Great Antidote podcast.
AdamSmithWorks Lesson Plans: Ghost Story: The night before her State of the Union address, newly elected American President Elizabeth Montgomery is visited by the ghosts of Adam Smith and John Maynard Keynes.
From other Liberty Fund Sites
Lysander Spooner's A Letter to Grover Cleveland at the Online Library of Liberty
Scott Sumner's The mystery of politics (discusses Senik's book) at EconLib
Paul Moreno's The Last President Worth Voting For? (review of Senik's book) at Law&Liberty
David Forte's How to Rate a President — or Not at Law&Liberty
Morris Fiorina on Polarization, Stability, and the State of the Electorate and George Will on the Conservative Sensibility at EconTalk
Want to explore more?
How We Broke the Presidency, Kite & Key Media
From AdamSmithWorks
Arnold Kling on The Three Languages of Politics, a Great Antidote podcast.
Tevi Troy on the U.S. Presidency, a Great Antidote podcast.
Chris Freiman on Voting, a Great Antidote podcast.
AdamSmithWorks Lesson Plans: Ghost Story: The night before her State of the Union address, newly elected American President Elizabeth Montgomery is visited by the ghosts of Adam Smith and John Maynard Keynes.
From other Liberty Fund Sites
Lysander Spooner's A Letter to Grover Cleveland at the Online Library of Liberty
Scott Sumner's The mystery of politics (discusses Senik's book) at EconLib
Paul Moreno's The Last President Worth Voting For? (review of Senik's book) at Law&Liberty
David Forte's How to Rate a President — or Not at Law&Liberty
Morris Fiorina on Polarization, Stability, and the State of the Electorate and George Will on the Conservative Sensibility at EconTalk