Hamilton's Curse: How Jefferson's Arch Enemy Betrayed the

Hamilton's Curse: How Jefferson's Arch Enemy Betrayed the American Revolution--and What It Means for Americans Today

Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton--two of the most influential Founding Fathers--were also fierce rivals with two opposing political philosophies and two radically different visions for America.

While Jefferson is better remembered today, it is actually Hamiltonâ€™s political legacy that has triumphed--a legacy that has subverted the Constitution and transformed the federal government into the very leviathan state that our forefathers fought against in the American Revolution. How did we go from the Jeffersonian ideal of limited government to the bloated imperialist system of Hamiltonâ€™s design? Acclaimed economic historian, Thomas J. DiLorenzoÂ reveals how Hamilton, first as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention and later as the nationâ€™s first and most influential treasury secretary, masterfully promoted an agenda of nationalist glory and interventionist economics. These core beliefs did not die with Hamilton in his fatal duel with Aaron Burr, but were carried on through his political heirs.

The Hamiltonian legacy wrested control into the hands of the federal government by inventing the myth of the Constitutionâ€™s â€œimplied powers, transforming state governments from Jeffersonian bulwarks of liberty to beggars for federal crumbs. It alsoÂ devised a national banking system that imposes boom-and-bust cycles on the American economy; saddled Americans with a massive national debt and oppressive taxation, and pushed economic policies that lined the pockets of the wealthy and created a government system built on graft, spoils, and patronage.

By debunking the Hamiltonian myths, DiLorenzo exposes an uncomfortable truth: the American people are no longer the masters of their government but its servants. Only by restoring a system based on Jeffersonian ideals can Hamiltonâ€™s curse be lifted, at last.
Country USA
Brand CROWN
Manufacturer Random House Publishing Group
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780307382856
Model 9780307382856
Color Black
ReleaseDate 2009-12-08
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780307382856

Country	USA
Brand	CROWN
Manufacturer	Random House Publishing Group
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780307382856
Model	9780307382856
Color	Black
ReleaseDate	2009-12-08
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780307382856

Hamilton's Curse: How Jefferson's Arch Enemy Betrayed the American Revolution--and What It Means for Americans Today

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