About this episode

Bob Murphy and Adam Haman critique an Austrian perspective on Alexander Hamilton's American System.

Adam Haman joins Bob to critique a substack post making an Austrian case for Alexander Hamilton's "American System." Specifically, the plan favored national banking, protective tariffs, assumption of state debts, a preference for "productive" credit, and infrastructure projects. Bob pushes back.

People in this episode

Host: Bob Murphy

Guest: Adam Haman

Topics covered

• critique
• national banking
• protective tariffs
• state debts
• infrastructure projects

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Austrian

Books & works: Hamilton's American System

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