Founding Finance: How Debt, Speculation...Made a Nation

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Hours:	6:30-8:30 pm
In/Outdoor:	Indoor
Cost:	Free see below
Category:	Lectures/Discussions

The Old State House
Tuesday, October 23, 6:30-8:30 pm

Looking for a fresh perspective on the 2012 election? As the current campaign season enters its stretch run, candidates Barack Obama and Mitt Romney often spar about the causes and consequences of the 2008 financial collapse.

What few commentators have mentioned is that such arguments have been a part of the nation’s political fabric since its founding.

Join acclaimed author and historian William Hogeland for a lively conversation about his new book, which brings to life the violent conflicts over economics, class, and finance that played directly, and in many ways ironically, into the hardball politics of forming the nation and ratifying the Constitution—conflicts that still continue to affect our politics, legislation, and debate today.

This talk will include ample time for questions and discussion with the author. After the event, Mr. Hogeland will sign copies of his book.

About the author: William Hogeland writes and speaks on startling connections between American history and today’s political and cultural struggles. He is the author of the critically acclaimed narrative histories Declaration and The Whiskey Rebellion, as well as a collection of essays, Inventing American History. His articles have appeared in the New York Times, Atlantic, American History Magazine, Boston Review, Salon, Huffington Post, and elsewhere. He has also appeared on ABC’s Good Morning, America, PBS’s History Detectives, and C-SPAN’s Book TV.

This program is free and open to the public. Space is limited to 70

COST

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FREE

WEBSITE

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foundingfinance.eventbrite.com

LOCATION

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206 Washington St, Boston, MA, 02109 map

Old State House Museum
206 Washington Street, downtown Boston