I think he gets a bad rap. Read Chernow for a good view. In my book, “What Would the Founders Say?” I show that Hamilton did NOT advocate a lot of debt, but rather he developed a way that the U.S. could develop good credit by paying its existing debt. I think AH is badly misunderstood by conservatives. Yes, he favored tariffs but only to protect two industries that he saw as necessary to national defense, iron and textiles. We have no record of him supporting high tariffs in general, or in non-defense sectors.
I do too. Too many favor Jefferson's view IMO over Hamilton's and it makes me uncomfortable; I see dangerous shades of that thinking today as well. I wasn't aware that Ron Chernow had written a book on Hamilton and I will have to look that up. Thanks.
Jackson's certainly purported to be agri-business, but according to you his views were quite the opposite. Interesting.