The Populist Movement: The Real Story Behind the Wizard of Oz | The Story of Money, Episode 10

The Scarecrow, the Tin Man and the Cowardly Lion are just fanciful characters in a children's tale that has nothing to do with financial history, right? Think again! If viewed from a certain perspective, first suggested by historian Henry Littlefield in 1964, the Wizard of Oz can help our understanding of the Populist movement and the 19th century debate over the gold standard.

This is the original upload of episode 10 of Dollars & Debt: The Story of Money from Benjamin Franklin to Occupy Wall Street, a series on US financial history created by Athens Politics Nerd.

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SOURCES
Goldbugs and Greenbacks: The Anti-Monopoly Tradition by Gretchen Ritter
The Populist Moment by Lawrence Goodwyn
There is Power in a Union by Philip Dray
A Financial History of the United States by Margaret Myers

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