A Quote by John Steele Gordon
Genealogy of American Finance is a treasure trove of information on American banking and its history, in an unusual -- and unusually useful -- format.
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I'm not against banking. Banking allowed our modern society to happen, it is essential. It connects the work through finance, so banking is good.
Up to our own day American history has been in a large degree the history of the colonization of the Great West. The existence of an area of free land, its continuous recession, and the advance of American settlement westward, explain American development.
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The people I know who seem to make unusual efforts at rationality, are unusually honest, or, failing that, at least have unusually bad social skills.
I knew nothing of American History because I didn't pay attention to American History in school. Because I did not see myself in American History in school.
The information hack contains facts discovered by the FBI in doing background checks for people seeking positions with the federal government. It's a treasure trove which can easily be used for blackmail and other reasons by the enemy.
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American prosperity and American free enterprise are both highly unusual in the world, and we should not overlook the possibility that the two are connected.
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