Alexander Hamilton

• Research Senior Editor Ken Silber discusses the origins of major financial institutions

  By Kenneth Silber, Research  |  May 26, 2010

  Research Senior Editor Ken Silber on the Gabe Wisdom Show of 5/26/10, Business Talk Radio, talks about where some major American financial institutions came from and how these origins p

• The Tumultuous 19th Century

  By Kenneth Silber, Research  |  January 1, 2010

  On September 12, 1857, Commander William Lewis Herndon, in full uniform and with head bowed, stood by the wheel of the SS Central America as...

• Looking Back -- and Ahead

  By Staff Writer  |  January 1, 2008

  Anniversaries are naturally times to reflect on the past. As we complete our 30th year in print this summer, we inaugurate a new monthly feature...

• Founding Father of Finance

  By Kenneth Silber, Research  |  January 1, 2008

  On the grounds of lower Manhattan's Trinity Church stands the gravestone of Alexander Hamilton, whose distinctions include being the nation's first Secretary of the Treasury....

• The $64 Trillion Question

  By James Picerno  |  September 1, 2007

  A national debt, Alexander Hamilton advised a young republic struggling with finances, will be a "national blessing." By that standard, the United States is free...