The founders and finance : how Hamilton, Gallatin, and other immigrants forged a new economy /

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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Main Author:	McCraw, Thomas K.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2012.
Subjects:	Hamilton, Alexander, > 1757-1804. Gallatin, Albert, > 1761-1849. United States. > Department of the Treasury > History. Finance, Public > United States > History. Monetary policy > United States > History. Founding Fathers of the United States > Biography. United States > Economic policy. United States > Economic conditions > To 1865. United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783. United States > History > 1783-1865. United States > Politics and government > 1783-1865.