Bloomberg’s Wealth, Like John Hancock’s, Is Double-Edged Sword

This Presidents Day week, I am thinking of John Hancock. Hancock was president of the Continental Congress, the body that named George Washington general of the Continental Army. Hancock was the Michael Bloomberg of his day — a politician simultaneously appreciated for his great wealth and resented for it.

This Presidents Day week, I am thinking of John Hancock. Hancock was president of the Continental Congress, the body that named George Washington general of the Continental Army. Hancock was the Michael Bloomberg of his day — a politician simultaneously appreciated for his great wealth and resented for it.…