TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wright,Robert E.
TI  - One nation under debt: Hamilton, Jefferson, and the history of what we owe 
SN  - 9780071543934
AV  - HJ8106 .W75 2008
U1  - 336.3/40973 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - New York
PB  - McGraw-Hill
KW  - Hamilton, Alexander,
KW  - Jefferson, Thomas,
KW  - Debts, Public
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - 18th century
KW  - Budget deficits
KW  - Government spending policy
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Economic conditions
KW  - To 1865
KW  - Internet resources
KW  - gtlm
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 371-386) and index; A twinkle in the eye : the importance of government debt -- Parentage : European precedents -- Conception : financing revolution -- Gestation : the Constitution and the national debt -- Birth : Alexander Hamilton's grand plan -- Youth and maturity : the public debt grows up, then slims down -- Life : the life and times of federal bondholders in Virginia -- Blessing : American economic growth -- Death and reincarnation : Jackson's triumph and failure
N2  - The United States was born in debt, a debt so deep that it threatened to destroy the young nation. Thomas Jefferson considered the national debt a monstrous fraud on posterity, while Alexander Hamilton believed debt would help America prosper. Both, as it turns out, were right. This book explores the untold history of America's first national debt, arising from the immense sums needed to conduct the Revolution. Financial historian Wright recounts the key events that shaped the U.S. financial system and explains how the actions of our forefathers laid the groundwork for the debt we still carry today.--From publisher description
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/stanford/Doc?id=10221903
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0901/2008298452-b.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0901/2008298452-d.html
ER  -