The Founders and Finance: How Hamilton, Gallatin, and Other Immigrants Forged a New Economy
McCraw, Thomas K.
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In 1776 the United States government started out on a shoestring and quickly went bankrupt fighting its War of Independence against Britain. At the war’s end, the national government owed tremendous sums to foreign creditors and its own citizens. But lacking the power to tax, it had no means to repay them. The Founders and Finance is the first book to tell the story of how foreign-born financial specialists―immigrants―solved the fiscal crisis and set the United States on...
About the Author: Thomas K. McCraw was Straus Professor of Business History Emeritus at Harvard Business School and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History.
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Title: The Founders and Finance: How Hamilton, ...
Publisher: Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press (edition First Edition)
Publication Date: 2012
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THE FOUNDERS AND FINANCE: How Hamilton, Gallatin, And Other Immigrants Forged A New Economy
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