Hamilton's Blessing The Extraordinary Life and Times of Our National Debt

Name: Hamilton's Blessing The Extraordinary Life and Times of Our National Debt
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ISBN: 9780802717993

ISBN-10: 0802717993

ISBN-13: 9780802717993

Edition: 2010 (Revised)

Authors: John Steele Gordon

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A revised and updated paperback edition of what theWall Street Journalcalled an "absorbing historical narrative," by one of America's preeminent business historians.The United States was born in debt. For many in the late eighteenth century, a national debt was unthinkable; for Alexander Hamilton, it was a glowing opportunity"a national blessing...a powerful cement to our union and a spur to industry"and he made it forever a part of our government's fiscal policy. Today the debt has grown so massive as to be both incomprehensible and threatening. But that very mass obscures its vibrant history, a legacy intertwined with and central to the story of our country.Since the 1997 publication…

Book details

List price: $16.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Publication date: 4/5/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



The Hamiltonian Miracle



Andrew Jackson Redeems the Debt



Armageddon and the National Debt



The Twilight of the Old Consensus



Keynesianism and the Madison Effect



The Debt Explodes


Conclusion


Appendix: The Statistics


Bibliography


Index