The uses and misuses of Alexander Hamilton

Since the founding era, Alexander Hamilton has had both committed defenders and passionate detractors. His detractors have dismissed him as elitist and antidemocratic; a mouthpiece for the rich and well-born, despite Hamilton’s own humble origins; and a militarist. Today, conservatives and libertarians often dismiss him as an anti-free-trade protectionist and the forefather of national industrial […]

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