Prometheus shackled : Goldsmith Banks and England's financial revolution after 1700 /
Using new archival data from goldsmith banks, Temin and Voth document how government regulation and wartime financing stifled the growth of private credit markets during the Industrial Revolution. They show how, after a turbulent start, banks adapted and found a way to grow, but how the economy at l...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2013.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Using new archival data from goldsmith banks, Temin and Voth document how government regulation and wartime financing stifled the growth of private credit markets during the Industrial Revolution. They show how, after a turbulent start, banks adapted and found a way to grow, but how the economy at large lost out. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 214 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199980789 0199980780 9780199944286 0199944288 |