Jay Cost is a visiting fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and the Center for Faith and Freedom at Grove City College.
Constitutionally Speaking
Jay Cost and Luke Thompson make the case that all Americans should study the Constitution.
Episode 24: The Price of Greatness, Part 1
Jay and Luke discuss Jay’s new book, ‘The Price of Greatness: Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and the Creation of American Oligarchy.’
In this episode of Constitutionally Speaking, Jay and Luke discuss Jay’s new book, The Price of Greatness: Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and the Creation of American Oligarchy. Jay’s book focuses on why these two great founding fathers and onetime allies became political enemies. He argues that it was because while they agreed on what was wrong with the Articles of Confederation, they had vast views of what should come next. Hamilton’s financial system was an ingenious way to spur national development, but it violated Madison’s conception of how a republic should function.
Recommended Readings
- James Madison, Federalist 10
- Alexander Hamilton, Federalist 11 and 12
Mr. Thompson is a Republican political consultant.
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