The Founders and Finance
Auteur: Thomas K. McCraw
Nombre de pages: 390 pages
ISBN: 0674067665, 9780674067660
Edition: Harvard University Press
Date de publication: Harvard University Press
Description: In 1776 the U.S. owed huge sums to foreign creditors and its own citizens but, lacking the power to tax, had no means to repay them. This is the first book to tell the story of how foreign-born financial specialists—the immigrant founders Hamilton and Gallatin—solved the fiscal crisis and set the nation on a path to long-term economic prosperity.