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. Founding Choices explores these economic choice...

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Main Author: Irwin, Douglas A.
Other Authors: Sylla, Richard
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2011.
Series:NBER conference report.
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Summary: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. Founding Choices 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. . This book redresses the relative neglect of the economic.
Physical Description:1 online resource (365 pages).
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780226384764
0226384764
1283066173
9781283066174
0226384748
9780226384740
0226384756
9780226384757
9786613066176
6613066176
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.