The Chris Voss Show Podcast – Benjamin Franklin’s Last Bet: The Favorite Founder’s Divisive Death, Enduring Afterlife, and Blueprint for American Prosperity by Michael Meyer

The Chris Voss Show Podcast – Benjamin Franklin’s Last Bet: The Favorite Founder’s Divisive Death, Enduring Afterlife, and Blueprint for American Prosperity by Michael Meyer


Benjamin Franklin’s Last Bet: The Favorite Founder’s Divisive Death, Enduring Afterlife, and Blueprint for American Prosperity by Michael Meyer

The incredible story of Benjamin Franklin’s parting gift to the working-class people of Boston and Philadelphia—a deathbed wager that captures the Founder’s American Dream and his lessons for our current, conflicted age

Benjamin Franklin was not a gambling man. But at the end of his illustrious life, the Founder allowed himself a final wager on the survival of the United States: a gift of two thousand pounds to Boston and Philadelphia, to be lent out to tradesmen over the next two centuries to jump‑start their careers. Each loan would be repaid with interest over ten years. If all went according to Franklin’s inventive scheme, the accrued final payout in 1991 would be a windfall.

In Benjamin Franklin’s Last Bet, Michael Meyer traces the evolution of these twin funds as they age alongside America itself, bankrolling woodworkers and silversmiths, trade schools and space races. Over time, Franklin’s wager was misused, neglected, and contested—but never wholly extinguished. With charm and inquisitive flair, Meyer shows how Franklin’s stake in the “leather-apron” class remains in play to this day, and offers an inspiring blueprint for prosperity in our modern era of growing wealth disparity and social divisions.

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The Chris Voss Show Podcast – Stories After School by Madelyn Peters Olson

The Chris Voss Show Podcast – Stories After School by Madelyn Peters Olson

Stories After School by Madelyn Peters Olson https://www.amazon.com/Stories-After-School-Madelyn-Peters/dp/1649579438 In this memoir, Madelyn Peters Olson shares stories and reflections from her fi...

21 Jan 30min

The Chris Voss Show Podcast – From Refugee to Renowned Attorney: Farid Yaghoubtil’s Unstoppable Story

The Chris Voss Show Podcast – From Refugee to Renowned Attorney: Farid Yaghoubtil’s Unstoppable Story

From Refugee to Renowned Attorney: Farid Yaghoubtil’s Unstoppable Story Calldowntown.com About the Guest(s): Farid Yaghoubtil is the founding partner of Downtown LA Law Group, a top-rated personal...

20 Jan 42min

The Chris Voss Show Podcast – Fool: Identifying and Overcoming Character Deficiency Syndrome by Garry D. Nation

The Chris Voss Show Podcast – Fool: Identifying and Overcoming Character Deficiency Syndrome by Garry D. Nation

Fool: Identifying and Overcoming Character Deficiency Syndrome by Garry D. Nation Seriouschristian.org https://www.amazon.com/Fool-Identifying-Overcoming-Character-Deficiency/dp/1629024627 Practi...

20 Jan 32min

The Chris Voss Show Podcast – See-Saw by Arthur Day

The Chris Voss Show Podcast – See-Saw by Arthur Day

See-Saw by Arthur Day https://www.amazon.com/See-Saw-Arthur-Day/dp/1966088035 Arthurdaywrites.com See-Saw involves love and murder in the age of Covid. Tran female Dianne Vargas and her partner, M...

18 Jan 31min

The Chris Voss Show Podcast – Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Revenge (Jason Bourne) by Brian Freeman

The Chris Voss Show Podcast – Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Revenge (Jason Bourne) by Brian Freeman

Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Revenge (Jason Bourne) by Brian Freeman https://www.amazon.com/Robert-Ludlums-Bourne-Revenge-Jason/dp/B0F5PLFLJ7 The identity of a deadly Chinese spy lies hidden in Jason...

17 Jan 24min

The Chris Voss Show Podcast – Unveiling Hormone Therapy’s Benefits with Ryan Root

The Chris Voss Show Podcast – Unveiling Hormone Therapy’s Benefits with Ryan Root

Unveiling Hormone Therapy’s Benefits with Ryan Root Hormonesforme.com Goh4m.com About the Guest(s): Ryan Root is the co-founder and CEO of HormonesForMe.com, a nationwide hormone replacement ther...

17 Jan 57min

The Chris Voss Show Podcast – Dare Mighty Things: A Journey from the Potato Fields to a Ph.D by William E Liverman

The Chris Voss Show Podcast – Dare Mighty Things: A Journey from the Potato Fields to a Ph.D by William E Liverman

Dare Mighty Things: A Journey from the Potato Fields to a Ph.D by William E Liverman https://www.amazon.com/Dare-Mighty-Things-Journey-Potato/dp/B0FMMWB9Y8 Dr. Liverman’s book, A Journey From the P...

16 Jan 33min

The Chris Voss Show Podcast – The Courts of Heaven for Beginners: Challenging Fears That Hinder by Lisa Noel Babbage PhD.

The Chris Voss Show Podcast – The Courts of Heaven for Beginners: Challenging Fears That Hinder by Lisa Noel Babbage PhD.

The Courts of Heaven for Beginners: Challenging Fears That Hinder by Lisa Noel Babbage PhD https://www.amazon.com/Courts-Heaven-Beginners-Challenging-Hinder/dp/B0CWSF6XS2 Lisanoelbabbage.com The g...

16 Jan 39min

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