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Chapter 8: more stuff on bank fraud

Chapter 9: the rise of subsidy-induced so-called monopolists like Vanderbilt. The northern tariff leading to secession. Lincoln and his contradictions.

Chapter 7: Andrew Jackson battles Biddle over the second bank. Jackson won. Biddle had let power corrupt him as he made friends in high places and made of with huge amounts of money. He was tried and acquitted on a technicality.

Chapter 6: more on the evils of tariffs as well as the rise of Andrew Jackson

Chapter 5: war of 1812 led to tariffs and the second bank, which, of course, enriched the well connected special interests of invisible government.

Chapter 4: Jefferson had great ideals but was too pragmatic (or cowardly) to fight for those ideals. He ended up bolstering the entrenched interests and powers.

Hamilton made his buddies rich by finding a way to fund war IOUs given to the revolutionary soldiers. The soldiers thought the IOUs were worthless so they sold them for 5 cents on the dollar to Hamilton's friends who knew they were gonna be fully backed by government fiat and invested heavily in getting as many of these IOUs in their possession as possible. Central Bank, whisky tax, and Sedition act all followed.