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 country...
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Prefatory by Lyon Hastings About two years ago at the written request of several members of the Investment Bankers Association, the Board of Governors appointed a Special Committee consisting of Lawrence Chamberlain, Chairman, EW Bulkley and A.W Bullard, to consider the expediency of compiling and printing a text or texts of subject matter relating to...
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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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Background The Richest Man in Babylon is a book by George Samuel Clason which dispenses financial advice through a collection of parables set in ancient Babylon. Through their experiences in business and managing household finance, the characters in the parables learn simple lessons in financial wisdom. By basing these parables in ancient times, but involving...
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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 defended, interpreted...
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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 Bank, in...
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BANKING AS A PUBLIC SERVICE By SIR EDMUND WALKER, C.V.O. PRESIDENT OF THE CANADIAN BANK OP COMMERCE, TORONTO ADDRESS DELIVERED BEFORE THE NEW YORK STATE BANKERS’ ASSOCIATION AT BUFFALO, N.Y., JUNE, 1912. We are daily reminded that we live in a time of rapid and often precipitate change. The sixty or seventy centuries of recorded...
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….INTRODUCTION…. This pamphlet is designed to show that the periodic financial panics in the United States result from certain fixed and specific causes, and that an analysis of these causes indicates that the approach of such panics may be clearly noted and effectually prevented. It is designed to show that of the existing currency in...
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ABNORMAL FEATURES OF AMERICAN BANKING. ADDRESS BY B. E. WALKER, PRESIDENT OF THE CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE, GIVEN AT THE MEETING OF THE AMERICAN BANKERS’ ASSOCIATION, DENVER, COLORADO, 30TH SEPTEMBER, 1908. Somebody once said to a celebrated English statesman, renowned for his clear perceptions of all economic subjects, “I suppose you understand all about the...
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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 untrue....
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A Series of Weekly Meetings of friends of a Sound Currency began September 23d, 1858, in the rooms of the Mercantile Library Association, Clinton Hall, New York, Jambs Gallatin, Esq., residing. In addition to citizens of New York and Brooklyn, gentlemen from Boston, Salem, Louisville, Lexington, and other places, were present at one or...
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