Economics

English Banking System – Its Development and Some Practical Problems It Has To Solve by George H Pownall

May 31, 2009
English Banking System – Its Development and Some Practical Problems It Has To Solve by George H Pownall

PREFACE By Professor H. S Foxwell MR. POWNALL has asked me to write a few words of preface to this issue in printed form of three lectures delivered by him at the London School of Economics last February. Such a request, coming from a colleague and an old friend, it was impossible to refuse....

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Global Imbalances and the US Debt Problem – Should Developing Countries Support the US Dollar?

May 31, 2009
Global Imbalances and the US Debt Problem – Should Developing Countries Support the US Dollar?

Contents 1.  Should Developing Countries Support the US Dollar? -The History of the US Debt Problem -The Financing of US Deficits by Developing Countries -About this Book and the Next Volume 2.  Global Imbalances and Emerging Markets - The Likelihood of a Disorderly Correction - The Impact on Emerging Markets - What Countries Can...

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Elementary Banking by Howard Wolfe

May 31, 2009
Elementary Banking by Howard Wolfe

Preface by O’Howard Wolfe This book is not the result of any preconceived theories on methods of education in banking. Neither does it make any pretense of being complete as to the subjects covered nor exhaustive in its treatment of them. It is based on fifteen years of practical experience, beginning with a small...

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Benner’s Prophecies of Future Ups and Downs in Prices by Samuel Benner

May 31, 2009
Benner’s Prophecies of Future Ups and Downs in Prices by Samuel Benner

PREFACE BY THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOK FUTURE UPS AND DOWNS IN PRICES – WHAT YEARS TO MAKE MONEY ON PIG IRON, HOGS, CORN, AND PROVISIONS There is a time in the price of certain products and commodities;  Which, if taken by men at the advance leads on to fortune; And if taken at...

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An Essay on the Principle of Population by Thomas Malthus

May 31, 2009
An Essay on the Principle of Population by Thomas Malthus

Thomas Robert Malthus, the son of Daniel Malthus, a country gentleman living in Surrey, was born on Feb. 14, 1766. Entering Jesus College, Cambridge, in 1785, he was 9th Wrangler in the Mathematical Tripos in 1 788 ; took Holy Orders ; and in 1797 was elected to a Fellowship at his college. In...

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Capital by Karl Marx

May 28, 2009

1886 PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH EDITION The publication of an English version of “Das Kapital” needs no apology. On the contrary, an explanation might be expected why this English version has been delayed until now, seeing that for some years past the theories advocated in this book have been constantly referred to, attacked and...

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Banks and Paper Currency – Their Effects on Society

May 28, 2009

BANKS AND A PAPER CURRENCY – Introduction by the Author of the Book A pamphlet was published at Louisville, Kentucky, with the title ” Elements of a Bank Charter, arranged for the benefit of the public, and safety of the Stockholders.” As the general reasonings on which it was founded, applying to the proposed...

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Cause and Cure of Hard Times

May 24, 2009

PREVIEW It is an essential part of the case of the silver men that the country is having “hard times.” The bolters from the Republican convention say, in their manifesto: “Discontent and distress prevail to an extent never before known in the history of the country.” This is an historical assertion. It is distinctly...

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A Patriotic Investment by Andrew D White

May 22, 2009

Being an address by the Hon. Andrew D. White at the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Yale Class of 1853, delivered in College Street Hall, New Haven, June 22, 1903. Something more than six months ago, I was present at the anniversary of the most venerable university in Scotland, and at one of the main...

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