After being Washington's aide for four years and becoming the hero of Yorktown, Hamilton was viewed with a great deal of suspicion because of his association with Tories.

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The securities laws of the 1930s were so important because it forced companies to file...

The securities laws of the 1930s were so important because it forced companies to file...

Once the brokerage house, rather than the bank, became the locus for American savings, that...

Once the brokerage house, rather than the bank, became the locus for American savings, that...

We really haven't had very much experience with people funding their retirement out of the...

We really haven't had very much experience with people funding their retirement out of the...

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One of the special characteristics of New York is that it is different from a...

After 1929, so many people had been traumatized by the stock market crash that there...

After 1929, so many people had been traumatized by the stock market crash that there...

In the 1920s, Wall Street was a world that was really dominated by professional speculators...

In the 1920s, Wall Street was a world that was really dominated by professional speculators...

I have developed a very strong partiality for the dead: they don't talk back, they...

I have developed a very strong partiality for the dead: they don't talk back, they...

Mutual funds give people the sense that they're investing with the big boys and that...

Mutual funds give people the sense that they're investing with the big boys and that...

Writing about dead white males seems to be out of favor among academics.

Writing about dead white males seems to be out of favor among academics.

The history of Wall Street is inseparable from New York.

The history of Wall Street is inseparable from New York.

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If you go back to the time of J.P. Morgan, the world of high finance...

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The Great Inflation of the 1970s destroyed faith in paper assets, because if you held...

I think there's a tide that tends to carry historians back to the past.

I think there's a tide that tends to carry historians back to the past.

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A crash really occurs when you suddenly have a violent downturn in the market that...

I'm dubious about having Social Security put into the stock market. I think that we...

I'm dubious about having Social Security put into the stock market. I think that we...

There is a kind of fear, approaching a panic, that's spreading through the Baby Boom...

There is a kind of fear, approaching a panic, that's spreading through the Baby Boom...

Hamilton had one of those extraordinary 18th-century minds that touched on virtually every major topic...

Hamilton had one of those extraordinary 18th-century minds that touched on virtually every major topic...

The founding fathers were not only brilliant, they were system builders and systematic thinkers. They...

The founding fathers were not only brilliant, they were system builders and systematic thinkers. They...

What I find very interesting about the mutual funds managers is that here are people...

What I find very interesting about the mutual funds managers is that here are people...

Any bull market covers a multitude of sins, so there may be all sorts of...

Any bull market covers a multitude of sins, so there may be all sorts of...