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Economic essays /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dunbar, Charles Franklin, 1830-1900
Other Authors: Sprague, O. M. W. (Oliver Mitchell Wentworth), 1873-1953
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : London : Macmillan; Macmillan, 1904.
Subjects:
Economics.
Banks and banking.
Currency question > United States.
Depressions > 1857.
Depressions > 1860.
Income tax > United States.
Taxation.
Table of Contents:
  • Economic science in America, 1776-1876
  • The reaction in political economy
  • The academic study of political economy
  • Ricardo's use of facts
  • Some precedents followed by Alexander Hamilton
  • The direct tax of 1861
  • The new income tax
  • Early banking schemes in England
  • The bank of Venice
  • Accounts of the first bank of the United States
  • Deposits as currency
  • The bank-note question
  • The safety of the legal tender paper
  • The crisis of 1857
  • The crisis of 1860
  • State banks in 1860
  • The establishment of the national banking system
  • The circulation of the national banks, 1865-1900.