The Founders and Finance : : How Hamilton, Gallatin, and Other Immigrants Forged a New Economy / / Thomas K. McCraw.

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...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter E-BOOK GESAMTPAKET / COMPLETE PACKAGE 2012
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Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2012]
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Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
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