TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wright,Robert E.
TI  - One nation under debt: Hamilton, Jefferson, and the history of what we owe 
SN  - 9780071543934 (hbk.)
U1  - 336.340973 
PY  - 2008///
CY  - New York
PB  - McGraw-Hill
KW  - Hamilton, Alexander,
KW  - Jefferson, Thomas,
KW  - Debts, Public
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - 18th century
KW  - Budget deficits
KW  - Government spending policy
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Economic conditions
KW  - To 1865
N1  - 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
ER  -