"Contrary to mainstream assumptions, we cannot simply hope that the trend will correct itself. Mounting debt is a feature of our economic system, not a bug: debts perpetually grow and compound, polarizing and impoverishing economies if not overtly dealt with. By restructuring our understanding of and policy surrounding debt, we will free millions from modern-day debt peonage, reduce inequality, and bring new vigor to the economy."
-RICHARD VAGUE
The Banker Who Made America: Thomas Willing and the Rise of the American Financial Aristocracy 1731-1821
If you haven't followed the money, chances are you don't know the real story of America and its Revolution. Nothing gives a clearer insight into this history than the life of early America's dominant merchant trader, first bank president, and first central banker, Thomas Willing. This dramatic untold story sheds genuinely new light on the genesis of the American Republic, as well as the enduring economic and political conflicts that still shape US society today.
