In the aftermath of The Big Short, one would think we would try to stop this kind of thing. It is one thing to be OK with some people making a lot of money; it is another thing to think it is OK for people to make lots of money because of a rigged game in [...]
Hamilton "cemented" the Union by getting congress to agree to assume the states' debts from the American Revolution; in exchange, he gave up his desire to have New York be the federal capital. Ron Chernow's recounting of Hamilton's genius at getting assumption done. These thoughts cross my mind as I hear people say that the [...]