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Alexander Hamilton's Economic Legacy

Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton

New York City
Saturday, February 23, 2013

Alexander Hamilton served under President George Washington as the first-ever Treasury Secretary of the United States. In this program, New York University Professor Richard Sylla talks about Hamilton’s legacy, focusing on his ideas about economics and finance, and how many of those are relevant to the present day. The Alexander Hamilton Awareness Society hosted this event at Trinity Church in New York City.

Updated: Monday, February 25, 2013 at 9:20am (ET)

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