A Tangent on Tobacco – A Legacy in American Economics: Part 2
Tobacco sprouted up throughout Virginia, and became so influential that when the Virginia Colony’s General Assembly first met to establish a sort of self-governed representative legislation, the first law to pass was regarding the economics of the tobacco trade.
A Tangent on Tobacco – A Legacy in American Economics: Part 1
“No matter what Aristotle and the Philosophers say, nothing is equal to tobacco; it’s the passion of the well-bred, and he who lives without tobacco lives a life not worth living.” – Moliere
Protest and Reform
“The Reformer is always right about what’s wrong. However, he’s often wrong about what is right.” – G.K. Chesterton