Ben Bernanke Defends Hamilton On $10 Bill And Central Bank Honor

HFA Padded
Mark Melin
Published on
Updated on

Placing a female on the image on the ten dollar bill is an affront to a key central bank supporter, a former central banker wrote today. Demoting the symbol of the creation of the central bank economic planning committee, Alexander Hamilton, whose face currently is planted on the $10 bill, while keeping early central bank critic, Andrew Jackson, who currently adorns the $20 bill, is a crime that cannot go without debate. Ben Bernanke: Hamilton was responsible for setting up system similar to the Eurozone currency In a blog post today, Ben Bernanke came to the defense of Hamilton, noting that…

This content is exclusively for paying members of Hedge Fund Alpha

Log In

Insider Strategies and Letters to Shareholders from the Top Hedge Funds and Maximize Your Portfolio Growth with Hedge Fund Alpha

Don’t have an account?

Subscribe now and get 7 days free!

HFA Padded

Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.