The Banker Who Made America: Thomas Willing and the Rise of the American Financial Aristocracy, 1731-1821 by Vague, Richard
The Banker Who Made America: Thomas Willing and the Rise of the American Financial Aristocracy, 1731-1821 by Vague, Richard

The Banker Who Made America: Thomas Willing and the Rise of the American Financial Aristocracy, 1731-1821

If you haven�t followed the money, chances are you don�t know the real story of America and...
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Author: Richard Vague
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Language: English
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The Banker Who Made America: Thomas Willing and the Rise of the American Financial Aristocracy, 1731-1821 by Vague, Richard

The Banker Who Made America: Thomas Willing and the Rise of the American Financial Aristocracy, 1731-1821

$115.99 $60.00
The Banker Who Made America: Thomas Willing and the Rise of the American Financial Aristocracy, 1731-1821 by Vague, Richard

The Banker Who Made America: Thomas Willing and the Rise of the American Financial Aristocracy, 1731-1821

$115.99 $60.00
Author: Richard Vague
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description
If you haven�t followed the money, chances are you don�t know the real story of America and its Revolution. Nothing gives a clearer insight into this history than the life of early America�s dominant merchant trader, first bank president, and first central banker, Thomas Willing.

In this book, Richard Vague shows how Willing bankrolled - and in the process helped save - the Revolution and then fundamentally shaped the financial architecture of the young Republic. So powerful was Willing that President John Adams complained that George Washington and Alexander Hamilton were governed by him. Yet at a decisive moment in Willing�s life he voted against independence, as conflict between Pennsylvania�s moneyed elite and the emergent lower and middle classes embroiled the politics of 1776 in bitter class conflict. This dynamic would continue after independence, as Willing and his associates attempted to tame the democratic forces unleashed by revolution and thereby set up a tension that has never stopped shaping US politics.

This dramatic untold story sheds genuinely new light on the genesis of the American Republic, as well as the enduring economic and political conflicts that still shape US society today.

Author: Richard Vague
Publisher: Polity Press
Published: 01/27/2026
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.74lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.33w x 1.70d
ISBN: 9781509569083


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 01/15/2026

About the Author
Richard Vague is a businessman, banker, and commentator on economics. He is the former Secretary of Banking and Securities for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. His previous books include The Case for a Debt Jubilee and The Paradox of Debt.
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