# Professor Richard Sylla is interviewed about Alexander Hamilton's life and legacy

1 Faculty News March 24, 2017 ![](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_031338.jpg?itok=i0-7fq9g)>

Excerpt from [AEI](http://www.aei.org/multimedia/banter-261-richard-sylla-on-hamilton/) -- "Hamilton is made Secretary of the Treasury in 1789, and because he's been planning this for nearly a decade, he hits the ground running. And what he does in a very short time is introduce most of the elements of the modern financial system."

[Listen here](http://www.aei.org/multimedia/banter-261-richard-sylla-on-hamilton/)