One nation under debt : Hamilton, Jefferson, and the history of what we owe / Robert E. Wright.
Publication details: New York : McGraw-Hill, c2008.Description: ix, 419 p. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780071543934
- 0071543937
- 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
- Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804
- Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
- 336.3/40973 22
- HJ8106 .W75 2008
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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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.