Founding choices :: American economic policy in the 1790s /

The political decisions made by the founding fathers were crucial to the success of the early republic. But the economic decisions they made were just as pivotal, ensuring the general welfare and common defense of the United States for decades to come. This book explores these economic choices and t...

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Körperschaft: National Bureau of Economic Research
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2011.
Schriftenreihe:National Bureau of Economic Research conference report.
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Zusammenfassung:The political decisions made by the founding fathers were crucial to the success of the early republic. But the economic decisions they made were just as pivotal, ensuring the general welfare and common defense of the United States for decades to come. This book explores these economic choices and their profound influence on American life, westward expansion, and influence abroad. Among the topics covered are finance, trade, and monetary and banking policy, with a focus on the factors guiding those policies and their end result.
Beschreibung:Papers of the National Bureau of Economic Research conference held at Dartmouth College on May 8-9, 2009.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (ix, 353 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9780226384764
0226384764