The Money Men: Capitalism, Democracy, and the Hundred Years' War over the American Dollar.
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2006.
Book information: Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.
Author Information:
- Henry W. Brands, Department of History, University of Texas at Austin.
- H. W. Brands, Wikipedia.
- h. w. brands, his website.
Video:
- H. W. Brands, Book Discussion on The Money Men, Texas Book Festival, Book TV, C-SPAN, 29 October 2006.
The "Money Men" discussed in the book are:
- Alexander Hamilton (1755 or 1757-1804).
- Nicholas Biddle (1786-1844).
- Jay Cooke (1821-1905).
- Jay Gould (1836-1892).
- J. P. Morgan (1837-1913).
See The Works of Alexander Hamilton, Volume 3 (1850) for Hamilton's reports on "Public Credit" (pages 1-46), on a "National Bank" (pages 106-146), "On The Establishment of a Mint" (pages 149-188), and on "Manufactures" (pages 192-284).