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To: Rockingham
Oh yeah? How about Anna Schwartz, Milton Friedman's co-author on the seminal A Monetary History of the United States, 1867–1960 and -- according to even Paul Krugman no less -- one of the world's greatest monetary scholars.

To be comparable to Hamilton or Jackson, the individual would have had to accomplish something that had a significant impact on the subsequent history of the United States.

There may be great Female Scholars, and Scientists, but the fame that is currently rewarded by being placed on currency is generally the result of some sort of statecraft.

Again, a Margaret Thatcher would qualify.... if we had one of those.... but we don't.

Had Sarah Palin won the VP slot, and had she succeeded into the Presidency, and had she done something great while President, then she might qualify for the honor.

But none of that happened, and neither has any woman in my memory of history, every done anything significant in the manner of statecraft.

84 posted on 04/17/2016 4:40:23 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: DiogenesLamp

“But none of that happened, and neither has any woman in my memory of history, every done anything significant in the manner of statecraft”

But, but, but. . . MLK gets his OWN DAY, whereas ALL presidents must chare a single day.

Since when did earning something matter to the BLM, race-baiting panderers?


88 posted on 04/17/2016 4:51:56 PM PDT by Hulka
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To: DiogenesLamp

Anna Schwartz’s scholarship and work with Milton Friedman were essential to the development of monetarism, which in turn prescribes the policies by which Reagan and Thatcher conquered inflation in the 1980s and which remain the foundation for the operation of the Fed and other central banks. Quite literally, Anna Schwartz’s work strengthened the US and world economies and enhanced the value of the dollars in your wallet and the worth of your labor. Were Andrew Hamilton able to weigh in, I think that he would endorse Ana Schwartz for the honor of her portrait on the twenty dollar bill.


113 posted on 04/17/2016 5:53:12 PM PDT by Rockingham
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