Two of the most influential figures in American history. Two opposing political philosophies. Two radically different visions for America.
Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton were without question two of the most important Founding Fathers. They were also the fiercest of rivals. Of these two political titans, it is Jefferson---the revered author of the Declaration of Independence and our third president---who is better remembered today. But in fact it is Hamilton's political legacy that has triumphed---a legacy that has subverted the Constitution and transformed the federal government into the very leviathan state that our forefathers fought against in the American Revolution.
How did we go from the Jeffersonian ideal of limited government to the bloated imperialist system of Hamilton's design? Acclaimed economic historian Thomas J. DiLorenzo provides the troubling answer in "Hamilton's Curse."
DiLorenzo reveals how Hamilton, first as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention and later as the nation's first and most influential treasury secretary, masterfully promoted an agenda of nationalist glory and interventionist economics---core beliefs that did not die with Hamilton in his fatal duel with Aaron Burr. Carried on through his political heirs, the Hamiltonian legacy:
- Wrested control into the hands of the federal government by inventing the myth of the Constitution's "implied powers"
- Established the imperial presidency (Hamilton himself proposed a permanent president---in other words, a king)
- Devised a national banking system that imposes boom-and-bust cycles on the American economy
- Saddled Americans with a massive national debt and oppressive taxation
- Inflated the role of the federal courts in order to eviscerate individual liberties and state sovereignty
- Pushed economic policies that lined the pockets of the wealthy and created a government system built on graft, spoils, and patronage
- Transformed state governments from Jeffersonian bulwarks of liberty to beggars for federal crumbs
By debunking the Hamiltonian myths perpetuated in recent admiring biographies, DiLorenzo exposes an uncomfortable truth: The American people are no longer the masters of their government but its servants. Only by restoring a system based on Jeffersonian ideals can Hamilton's curse be lifted, at last.

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Here's the real history of our country. "How Capitalism Saved America" explodes the myths spun by Michael Moore, the liberal media, Hollywood, academia, and the rest of the anticapitalist establishment.
Whether it's Michael Moore or the "New York Times," Hollywood or academia, a growing segment in America is waging a war on capitalism. We hear that greedy plutocrats exploit the American public; that capitalism harms consumers, the working class, and the environment; that the government needs to rein in capitalism; and on and on. Anticapitalist critiques have only grown more fevered in the wake of corporate scandals like Enron and WorldCom. Indeed, the 2004 presidential campaign has brought frequent calls to re-regulate the American economy.
But the anticapitalist arguments are pure bunk, as Thomas J. DiLorenzo reveals in" ""How Capitalism Saved America." DiLorenzo, a professor of economics, shows how capitalism has made America the most prosperous nation on earth--and how the sort of government regulation that politicians and pundits endorse has hindered economic growth, caused higher unemployment, raised prices, and created many other problems. He propels the reader along with a fresh and compelling look at critical events in American history--covering everything from the Pilgrims to Bill Gates.
And just as he did in his last book, "The Real Lincoln," DiLorenzo explodes numerous myths that have become conventional wisdom. "How Capitalism Saved America" reveals:
- How the introduction of a capitalist system saved the Pilgrims from starvation
- How the American Revolution was in large part a revolt against Britain's stifling economic controls
- How the so-called robber barons actually improved the lives of millions of Americans by providing newer and better products at lower prices
- How the New Deal made the Great Depression worse
- How deregulation got this country out of the energy crisis of the 1970s--and was not the cause of recent blackouts in California and the Northeast
- And much more
"How Capitalism Saved America" is popular history at its explosive best.

Another entry in the best-selling, irreverent, hard-hitting Politically Incorrect Guide series! Economics from a rational, conservative viewpoint—that is, a refreshing look at how money actually works from an author who knows the score, and how the law of economics are frequently broken and derailed by pernicious leftists and virtue signaling progressives. Markets Rule. Socialism Sucks. Time to wise up. Think economics is the Dismal Science? No more! Here is the lowdown on the biases, superstitions, and outright falsehoods that permeate and corrupt economics and economic policy. Here's the skinny on the poisonous effects of socialism and crony capitalism. Even better, here is an irreverent but clear-eyed explanation of how markets and economies work and how government intervention so often doesn’t, routinely makes things worse, and how it's usually the cause of economic crises in the first place. Here’s how the power of the free market bursts forth and conquers, despite the worms, leeches, slings and arrows of socialism and anarchy trying to do in human creativity and ingenuity at every turn. How the myth of so-called “market failure� is total bunk. Why every attempt by government to stabilize the economy seems to put it in a tailspin instead. How corporations cozy up to big government and use regulation to create monopoly profits. Why “stimulus spending� makes us poor and hands the power-seeking goons of the governing class even more control over our lives. Plus, here's a chance to supercharge your economic IQ with concentrated wisdom from masters of market scholarship Ludwig von Mises, F.A. Hayek, Milton Friedman, and more! A no-nonsense, irreverent guide to economics from a legendary teacher, thinker, and Mises Institute scholar that may be the best book on economics since Adam Smith visited a pin factory, figured out how the division of labor works, and wrote it all down in one handy volume!

Unfair Competition is an in-depth investigation of the commercial activities of nonprofit organizations. Nonprofits have been granted many special privileges by the government, including exemption from taxation and subsidized postal rates. These privileges lower operating costs so nonprofits may carry out their public service mission more efficiently. The authors argue that the special privileges nonprofits enjoy give them an unfair advantage over for-profit firms, and they propose a solution to this escalating problem which has serious economic implications.

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Politics and thieves, coercion and regulation, fascism and the Fed, centralization and liberty, workers and unions, trade and freedom, free-market achievements and government disasters in American history-this book covers it all "Organized Crime" collection of essays in the tradition of Austrian political economy-a combination of applied economics and the study of governmental reality. Unlike "mainstream" economists who are content to spin mathematical model after mathematical model which explain little or nothing about the real world, DiLorenzo's focus has always been just the opposite-to use economic understanding to gain a better understanding of how the political-economic world works. Austrian economics is indispensable to succeed at this task. The book is divided into six sections: "Coercion and Regulation" analyzes various aspects of government regulation of business; "Politics and Thieves" is of course about the inherent nature of government; "Centralization versus Liberty" discusses the never-ending quest by statists to monopolize and centralize political power so as to isolate themselves as much as possible from public influence; "Money and the State" describes the myriad evils of central banking, which was always thought of by its original proponents in America as an engine of corruption; "Workers and Unions" discusses various labor union myths and superstitions that too often cloud the public's thinking about the reality of labor markets; and "Truth and Lies about Markets" is a taxonomy of some of the main market-failure myths that have long been used to illegitimately advance the cause of economic interventionism, as well as some newer ones. In "Organized Crime: The Unvarnished Truth About Government," Thomas J. DiLorenzo strips away the vast apparatus of establishment propaganda and exposes the government smokescreen. No statist lies are safe from his scrutiny. In his straightforward and methodical approach to uncovering truths of freedom, liberty has a champion.