Alexander Hamilton
Federalist #20: Imbecilic Government
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is the 20th in a series of articles giving an introduction to the Federalist Papers, a collection of 85 articles and essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay promoting the ratification of the United States...
America’s Hamiltonian Empire of Lies
In his essay, “Anatomy of the State,” Murray Rothbard wrote of how states preserve their power with a number of tools, most notably an alliance with “intellectuals.” In return for power, positions, and pelf, the “intellectuals” work diligently to persuade “the...
Blame Hamilton: How He Screwed Up America
In most cases, books on the founding fathers are packed with reverence and adulation. American historians generally find something uniquely admirable about their subject, going to great lengths to justify that individual’s political positions and philosophy. While...
The Battle Over the First National Bank and Its Constitutional Implications
What does a political battle waged over a bank in 1791 mean for Americans living in modern times? Quite a lot, it turns out. In a recent paper, America’s First Great Constitutional Controversy: Alexander Hamilton’s Bank of the United States, Professor Charles J. Reid...