The Money Men: Capitalism, Democracy, and the Hundred Years' War Over the American Dollar

FromthefirstdaysoftheUS,abattleovermoneyragedbetweenthedemocrats,whowantedcheapmoneyandfearedtheconcentrationoffinancialinterestsinthehandsofafew,andthecapitalists,whosoughtthesoundnessofanationalbankandtheprofitsthatcamewithit.Intellingthisstory,best-sellinghistorianH.W.Brandsfocusesonfive"moneymen":AlexanderHamilton,NicholasBiddle,JayCooke,JayGouldandJ.P.Morgan.