{"product_id":"9780802778543","title":"Hamilton's Blessing","description":"Our national debt is now so high that most of us have stopped thinking \u003cbr\u003eabout it, because the prospect of bringing it under control is \u003cbr\u003eunimaginable. We consider it a national liability and fear our children \u003cbr\u003ewill be forced to pay for our current excesses. John Steele Gordon is a \u003cbr\u003ewelcome antidote. In 1997, his book, Hamilton's Blessing, offered a \u003cbr\u003e\"biography\" of the debt, making it very much a human drama while \u003cbr\u003eexplaining the myriad, mostly positive, ways it has influenced America's\u003cbr\u003e history since Alexander Hamilton first proposed the virtues of a \u003cbr\u003enational debt in 1792. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHowever, the 12 years since the book's \u003cbr\u003einitial publication have been perhaps the most dramatic in the debt's \u003cbr\u003ehistory-since it has more than doubled and continues on an ever-upward \u003cbr\u003espiral. Now, more than ever, we need John Steele Gordon's wisdom-his \u003cbr\u003erevised and expanded edition of Hamilton's Blessing will put this \u003cbr\u003ehistoric expansion in perspective, allowing us to better participate in \u003cbr\u003edebate and discussion. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBringing a remarkable national \u003cbr\u003einstitution to life, Gordon offers, in the process, an original view of \u003cbr\u003eAmerican history, and insight into both well- and lesser-known figures \u003cbr\u003ewho have influenced and charted our voyage, from Hamilton to Jay Cooke \u003cbr\u003eto John Maynard Keynes to the present. The national debt helped rescue \u003cbr\u003ethe Union during the Civil War and raise the nation out of the \u003cbr\u003eDepression-thus offering hope it may serve a similar purpose in the \u003cbr\u003edecades to come.","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47123363561712,"sku":"9780802778543","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780802778543_p0.jpg?v=1763666152","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780802778543","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}