Lincolnomics: How President Lincoln Constructed the Great American Economy

A biography of Abraham Lincoln that examines his untold legacy as the Great Builder of American infrastructure.

Abraham Lincoln's view of the right to fulfill one's economic destiny was at the core of his governing philosophy―but he knew no one could climb that ladder without strong federal support. Some of his most enduring policies came to him before the Civil War, visions of a country linked by railroads running ocean to ocean, canals turning small towns into bustling cities, public work...