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Was Benjamin Franklin America’s First Scientist?

The Michael Shermer Show

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Franklin’s experiments with long-term bequests and compound interest

Skousen describes Franklin’s will gifts to cities, long-term compounding outcomes, and lessons for reinvesting dividends.

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