Economic essays
By: by Charles Franklin Dunbar ... ed. by O.M.W. Sprague ... with an introduction [biographical sketch] by F.W. Taussig ....
Contributors: Sprague, O. M. W. (Oliver Mitchell Wentworth), 1873-1953
Publisher: The Macmillan company; Macmillan & co., ltd.
Published: 1904
Place of publication: New York; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 372
Subjects: Economics; Banks and banking; Currency question -- United States; Depressions -- 1857.; Depressions -- 1860.; Income tax -- United States; Taxation
Table of contents: title: Economic science in America, 1776-1876.; title: The reaction in political economy.; title: The academic study of political economy.; title: Ricardo's use of facts.; title: Some precedents followed by Alexander Hamilton.; title: The direct tax of 1861.; title: The new income tax.; title: Early banking schemes in England.; title: The bank of Venice.; title: Accounts of the first bank of the United States.; title: Deposits as currency.; title: The bank-note question.; title: The safety of the legal tender paper.; title: The national banking system.; title: Can we keep a gold currency?; title: The crisis of 1857.; title: The crisis of 1860.; title: State banks in 1860.; title: The establishment of the national banking system.; title: The circulation of the national banks, 1865-1900.