Episode 519: Benjamin Franklin: Early journalism and his argument for paper currency
American Writers (One Hundred Pages at a Time)
English - May 29, 2022 22:03 - 30 minutes - 32.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsBooks Arts Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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We look at Ben Franklin's writings in the later 1720s and early 1730s. Mostly I consider some of his journalism for the Pennsylvania Gazette, but maybe most interesting from this period is his argument for paper currency.