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Thursday, November 12, 2026

An Intellectual Revolution on Money

As the British Parliament debated the outbreak of the American Revolution one arrogant member of the House of Commons referred to the colonists as illiterate farmers. Edmond Burke, the father of conservatism, rose to state that he had been told by book sellers in London that the sales of books in the colonies topped all sales in Europe. He stated the Americans were enlightened to the meaning of liberty- they read and understood.[...]