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	Podcast:		ABA Banking Journal Podcast
	Episode:		Celebrating Abraham Lincoln's Banking Legacy
	Category:		Business
	Duration:		00:15:54
	Publish Date:		2019-02-11 11:37:15
	Description:		In honor of Abraham Lincoln’s 210th birthday on Feb. 12, join ABA Banking Journal Podcast co-host Evan Sparks for a bonus episode on Lincoln’s legacy on U.S. banking policy and regulation. In this episode, listeners will learn about: Lincoln’s early support as a Whig for a national bank How the examination of the Illinois state bank was the subject of Lincoln’s first recorded speech in the Illinois legislature The importance to Lincoln of the rule of law, whether in bank supervision or the expansion of slavery Why, for Lincoln, well-regulated banks were a source of civic virtue How, to pay for the Civil War, Lincoln created America’s unique dual chartering system and provided for a sound currency
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