FF-59: David Beito on mutual-aid groups, lodge doctors, and the attacks on private safety nets.

David Beito is a professor at the University of Alabama and a research fellow with the Independent Institute. He is author of several books, including _From Mutual Aid to the Welfare State: Fraternal Societies and Social Services, 1890-1967_. We discussed the history of mutual-aid groups, fraternal organizations, and "lodge doctors." We discussed how they provided necessary services to those who needed them most.

https://history.ua.edu/people/david-t-beito/