{"product_id":"9780307382856","title":"Hamilton's Curse: How Jefferson's Arch Enemy Betrayed the American Revolution--and What It Means for Americans Today","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eDilorenzo, Thomas J.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eForum Books\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e12\/8\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas 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. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile Jefferson is better  remembered today, it is actually Hamilton’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 Hamilton’s design? Acclaimed economic historian, Thomas  J. DiLorenzo reveals  how Hamilton, first as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention and later as the  nation’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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Hamiltonian legacy wrested control into the hands of the federal government  by inventing the myth of the Constitution’s “implied powers, transforming state governments from Jeffersonian bulwarks of liberty to beggars for federal crumbs. It also 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy  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 Hamilton’s curse be lifted, at last.","brand":"Forum Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44214518972671,"sku":"9780307382856","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780307382856_s600x595.jpg?v=1775584407","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9780307382856","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}