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This is a 5 page paper discussing the book “Hamilton’s Blessing” by John Steele Gordon.
While Gordon’s biases are obvious toward Hamilton’s economic theory, his popular writing style and the interesting stories he uses to illustrate his economic theories brings about a book on economic theory and the national budget that any layperson can understand and enjoy.
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national debt may at first sound like a book that would be lost in academia. On the contrary, Gordons open writing approach and obvious enthusiasm for Hamiltons genius, allows readers
of all levels of economic knowledge to learn more about the nations debt while at the same time enjoying tales of historical significance relating to the debt. In addition to
promoting the interest of the reader, Gordon also provides insiders questions as to what can be done with the debt today. When Alexander Hamilton wrote over 200 years ago that
"A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing. It will be a powerful cement to our nation ... and will be a spur
to industry" little did he know that the national debt today would stand as over $5.1 trillion (Pospisil 26). Despite this, John Steele Gordon in his book "Hamiltons Blessing: The
Extraordinary Life and Times of Our National Debt" believes that up until the last decade or so at least, the debt has indeed been a blessing for the United States
although the current debt is quite ominous. Gordon believes that the governments throughout history in the United States have actually had no real concrete fiscal policy because they have
always depended upon the existence of the national debt. While this may stick in the craw of many economists and no doubt the politicians of today, Gordons understanding of the
dependency on the national debt takes a refreshing stance on a rather serious dry topic. Gordon uses topical references to make his points to todays readers as he notes that
in 1916, John D. Rockefeller who was at the time the richest man in the country could have paid off the national debt by himself whereas Bill Gates and Warren
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