num_pages: 239
description: A best-selling historian's gripping account of the powerful men who controlled America's financial destiny.From the first days of the United States, a battle raged over money. On one side were the democrats, who wanted cheap money and feared the concentration of financial interests in the hands of a few. On the other were the capitalists who sought the soundness of a national bank—and the profits that came with it.In telling this exciting story, H. W. Brands focuses on five "Money Men": Alexander Hamilton, who championed a national bank; Nicholas Biddle, whose run-in with Andrew Jackson led to the bank's demise; Jay Cooke, who financed the Union in the Civil War; Jay Gould, who tried to corner the gold market; and J. P. Morgan, whose position was so commanding that he bailed out the U.S. Treasury.The Money Men is a riveting narrative, a revealing history of the men who fought over the lifeblood of American commerce and power.
language: English
title: The Money Men: Capitalism, Democracy, and the Hundred Years' War over the American Dollar
titlecomplete: The Money Men: Capitalism, Democracy, and the Hundred Years' War over the American Dollar (Enterprise)
genres: Audiobook, History, Biography, Politics, Economics, Philosophy, American History, Finance, Business, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 368
publisher: W. W. Norton