Radio War Nerd EP242 — War & Hamilton, with Christian Parenti

Guest: Christian Parenti, author, journalist & assoc. professor of economics, John Jay College Recorded: August 17, 2020 In a li'l change-up here from RWN's general rants against anti-populists, we talk to Christian Parenti about his new book "Radical Hamilton" about how war creates its own political-economy realities, and how those war realities shaped Hamilton's little-studied ideas on centralized state development that, despite all the official cant, have defined America's system of government & economy. Christian Parenti previously appeared on RWN EP #187. Buy his book "Radical Hamilton: Economic Lessons from a Misunderstood Founder" published by Verso Press. Total time: 2:05:58 Direct link to this episode's mp3 here