“In my ideal America, I would have preferred a barter economy to a money economy.”
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"In your time, you have the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. When you put money in a bank, it's protected by the government of the United States. When I put money in a bank, that bank could disappear overnight and I could sue it in civil court to get my money back but I might never receive a penny of it."
"peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none"
— Thomas Jefferson, First Inaugural Address (March 4, 1801)
This week on the Jefferson Hour, we talk with President Jefferson about his struggles with foreign entanglements, and his disappointment with the American people's reactions to his decisions.
We answer listener questions in response to episode #1277 Gerrymandering, and then turn to a discussion about an important discovery of an 1805 Lewis & Clark related map. It was found after being stored for 200 years in a French archive. The map and its background story appear in this month’s issue of We Proceeded On, published by the Lewis & Clark Trail Heritage Foundation.
We speak with President Jefferson about current events including the government shutdown, philanthropy, and water shortages in Cape Town.
"Nature intended me for the tranquil pursuits of science by rendering them my supreme delight."
— Thomas Jefferson
We return to the Jefferson 101 biographical series and explore Jefferson’s second term as President. We discuss the many difficulties he had, including the Burr conspiracy and the Embargo Act of 1807 to 1809.