Author: Alexander Dana Noyes
Publisher:
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Category : Bank failures
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
The War Period of American Finance, 1908-1925
Author: Alexander Dana Noyes
Publisher:
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Category : Bank failures
Languages : en
Pages : 488
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Publisher:
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Category : Bank failures
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
The War Period of American Finance, 1908-1925
War and Gold
Author: Kwasi Kwarteng
Publisher: PublicAffairs
ISBN: 1610391969
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 441
Book Description
The world was wild for gold. After discovering the Americas, and under pressure to defend their vast dominion, the Habsburgs of Spain promoted gold and silver exploration in the New World with ruthless urgency. But, the great influx of wealth brought home by plundering conquistadors couldn't compensate for the Spanish government's extraordinary military spending, which would eventually bankrupt the country multiple times over and lead to the demise of the great empire. Gold became synonymous with financial dependability, and following the devastating chaos of World War I, the gold standard came to express the order of the free market system. Warfare in pursuit of wealth required borrowing -- a quickly compulsive dependency for many governments. And when people lost confidence in the promissory notes and paper currencies issued during wartime, governments again turned to gold. In this captivating historical study, Kwarteng exposes a pattern of war-waging and financial debt -- bedmates like April and taxes that go back hundreds of years, from the French Revolution to the emergence of modern-day China. His evidence is as rich and colorful as it is sweeping. And it starts and ends with gold.
Publisher: PublicAffairs
ISBN: 1610391969
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 441
Book Description
The world was wild for gold. After discovering the Americas, and under pressure to defend their vast dominion, the Habsburgs of Spain promoted gold and silver exploration in the New World with ruthless urgency. But, the great influx of wealth brought home by plundering conquistadors couldn't compensate for the Spanish government's extraordinary military spending, which would eventually bankrupt the country multiple times over and lead to the demise of the great empire. Gold became synonymous with financial dependability, and following the devastating chaos of World War I, the gold standard came to express the order of the free market system. Warfare in pursuit of wealth required borrowing -- a quickly compulsive dependency for many governments. And when people lost confidence in the promissory notes and paper currencies issued during wartime, governments again turned to gold. In this captivating historical study, Kwarteng exposes a pattern of war-waging and financial debt -- bedmates like April and taxes that go back hundreds of years, from the French Revolution to the emergence of modern-day China. His evidence is as rich and colorful as it is sweeping. And it starts and ends with gold.
Hearings
Author: United States. Congress. House
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1766
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1766
Book Description
The Decline of Laissez Faire, 1897-1917
Author: Harold Underwood Faulkner
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1315496593
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Part of a series of detailed reference manuals on American economic history, this volume traces the development and growth of the factory system, labour movements and foreign and domestic commerce.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1315496593
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Part of a series of detailed reference manuals on American economic history, this volume traces the development and growth of the factory system, labour movements and foreign and domestic commerce.
Hearings
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1484
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1484
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The United States Navy and the Vietnam Conflict: From military assistance to combat, 1959-1965
Author:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1232
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Publisher:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1232
Book Description
Operation and Administration of the Cargo Preference Act
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries
Publisher:
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Category : Cargo preference
Languages : en
Pages : 620
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cargo preference
Languages : en
Pages : 620
Book Description
Bulletin
Author: University of Minnesota
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1264
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1264
Book Description
Forty Years of American Finance
Author: Alexander Dana Noyes
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Finance
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Finance
Languages : en
Pages : 452
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