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The Prophetic Warning: Why Pelatiah Webster Feared Big Government
In this episode of America's Founding Series on The P.A.S. Report Podcast, Professor Nick Giordano tells the riveting story of Pelatiah Webster, the clergyman-turned-economist, who saw America's future more clearly than anyone of his time. As the young republic teetered on collapse in 1781, Webster's bold vision for limited government, sound money, and individual enterprise laid the groundwork for the U.S. Constitution and the free-market system that built the nation. His warnings about inflation, dependency, and centralized control echo today as socialism and big-government promises sweep…
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