Financial History Issue 122 (Summer 2017) | Page 6

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MUSEUM NEWS

Summer greetings from the Museum ! It has been peak tourism season here in New York , and we continue to welcome a steady stream of visitors from around the world who come to learn about American finance and financial history through our exhibits , tours and classroom programs . One of my favorite recent thank you notes came from a student named Shia , who

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said , “ Thank you for letting us visit your Museum . It was fun to learn how much debt our society is in !”

Although “ fun ” is not a word often associated with our national debt , we did recently pay tribute to the creator of that debt , as we honored Alexander Hamilton on July 12 ( the anniversary of his death ), with a talk by Hamilton scholar Robert Wright on “ Hamilton ’ s Blessed Debt .” There was a full house to hear Bob speak about Hamilton ’ s conception of excessive debt and how the national debt , as reformed and revitalized by Hamilton , served to cement our young nation and spur economic growth . The program will soon air on C-SPAN ’ s American History TV .

We have several other engaging programs lined up for the coming months , and we ’ ll be launching our Fall Lunch and Learn Series on September 7 with a program featuring Fidelity fund manager Joel Tillinghast on his new book , Big Money Thinks Small .

The following week , on September 12 , we will launch our Fall Evening Lecture Series with a talk by award-winning Harvard Business School professor Mihir Desai on The Wisdom of Finance : Discovering Humanity in the World of Risk and Return . This event will be live streamed on our YouTube channel ( www . youtube . com / FinanceMuseum / live ) in partnership with Bloomberg for Education , in order to reach a global audience of students and professors , in addition to our live audience . For a complete list of upcoming events , visit our website at www . moaf . org / events .

Also in September , stay tuned to our YouTube channel for the launch of our CEO video series , which will feature monthly videos of finance executives speaking on the topic of “ Why Wall Street Matters ” from a variety of perspectives .

And , finally , I would like to welcome to our Board of Trustees Ranch Kimball , who brings to our Museum a vast amount of knowledge and experience in both the for-profit and non-profit sectors , including as the Chairman of the Board of Overseers at the Museum of Science , Boston . We are excited to work with Ranch as we continue to develop our vision for the future of our Museum .

Financial historian Robert Wright ’ s talk on “ Hamilton ’ s Blessed Debt ” was filmed for C-SPAN and will air later this year .

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