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One nation under debt Hamilton, Jefferson, and the history of what we owe /

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 th...

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Main Author: Wright, Robert E. 1969-
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: New York : McGraw-Hill, [2008]
Physical Description: ix, 419 pages ; 24 cm.
Subjects:
Hamilton, Alexander, -- 1757-1804.
Jefferson, Thomas, -- 1743-1826.
Debts, Public -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
Budget deficits -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
Government spending policy -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
Debts, Public -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Budget deficits -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Government spending policy -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
United States -- Economic conditions -- To 1865.

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