Hamilton's Curse

Hamilton's Curse: How Jefferson's Archenemy Betrayed the American Revolution — and What It Means for America Today is a book by American economist Thomas J. DiLorenzo. The text offers a unique revisionist history of the first United States Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton, showing him as the architect of most of today's failed economic policies: protectionism, central banking, and debt.

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 * Articles, essays and reviews
 * The Freeman Review: "Hamilton's Curse" by Art Carden, March 2011 (republished as Mises Daily here) (Audio reading by Keith Hocker)
 * Mises Review: Hamilton's Curse by David Gordon, 2008 (republished as Mises Daily here)
 * "The Founding Father of Crony Capitalism" by Thomas J. DiLorenzo, October 2008
 * "A Fake Banking History of the United States" by Thomas J. DiLorenzo, October 2008
 * "The Corrupt Origins of Central Banking" by Thomas J. DiLorenzo, November 2008
 * "Hamilton's Counterfeit Capitalism" by George F. Smith, December 2008
 * "Central Banking as an Engine of Corruption" by Thomas J. DiLorenzo, April 2010


 * Other media
 * Authors Forum: "Hamilton's Curse" lecture by Thomas J. DiLorenzo, March 2009
 * "Wake Up Monterey": Hamilton's Curse interview with Thomas J. DiLorenzo, October 2008