One nation under debt : Hamilton, Jefferson, and the history of what we owe /
Robert E. Wright.
- New York : McGraw-Hill, c2008.
- ix, 419 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 371-386) and index.
Includes bibliographical references 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.