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1 online resource (ix, 353 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Series |
A National Bureau of Economic Research conference report
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National Bureau of Economic Research conference report.
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| Note |
Papers of the National Bureau of Economic Research conference held at Dartmouth College on May 8-9, 2009. |
| 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. This book 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. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
The significance of the founding choices: editor's introduction / Douglas A. Irwin and Richard Sylla -- Politics. The constitutional choices of 1787 and their consequences / Sonia Mittal, Jack N. Rakove, and Barry R. Weingast -- Policy. Financial foundations: public credit, the national bank, and securities markets / Richard Sylla -- Revenue or reciprocity? founding feuds over early U.S. trade policy / Douglas A. Irwin -- Monetary policy and the dollar / Peter l. Rousseau -- Federal and state commercial banking policy in the federalist era and beyond / Howard Bodenhorn -- The other foundings: federalism and the constitutional structure of American government / John Joseph Wallis -- Business organization and the factors of production. Rise of the corporation nation / Robert E. Wright -- U.S. land policy: founding choices and outcomes, 1781-1802 / Farley Grubb -- Free labor and slave labor / Stanley L. Engerman and Robert A. Margo -- Looking backward: founding choices in innovation and intellectual property protection / B. Zorina Khan. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
United States -- Economic policy -- 18th century -- Congresses.
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United States. |
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Economic policy. |
| Chronological Term |
18th century |
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1700-1799 |
| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Irwin, Douglas A., 1962- edtior.
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Sylla, Richard Eugene, edtior.
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National Bureau of Economic Research.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Founding choices. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2011 9780226384740 (DLC) 2010015033 (OCoLC)608491365 |
| ISBN |
9780226384764 (electronic book) |
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0226384764 (electronic book) |
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9780226384740 (alkaline paper) |
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0226384748 (alkaline paper) |
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9780226384757 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0226384756 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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