Bitter Money Fights Shaped U.S History: From “White House Burning”, a new book by Simon Johnson and James Kwak

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Bitter Money Fights Shaped U.S History: From “White House Burning”, a new book by Simon Johnson and James Kwak

Posted: 26 Mar 2012 06:48 AM PDT

From Bloomberg View On June 1, 1812, President James Madison asked Congress to consider a declaration of war against Britain. The Democratic-Republican majority was happy to oblige. Britain’s insults to the U.S. ranged from seizing its ships and forcing its sailors into the Royal Navy to supporting American Indian attacks along the Western frontier. With war approaching, [...]