Writes Kuppusamy Ravindran: “Sigh.” Pat Buchanan: “Following Hamiltonian precepts, the United States grew from 13 rural and agricultural colonies into the greatest industrial power in all history, producing 42 percent of the world’s manufactured goods. We were the awe and envy of mankind, the self-sufficient republic, maker of half of the armaments produced by all the nations in World War II.” For the lowdown on Hamilton and American economic history, see — of course — Tom DiLorenzo.