Prometheus Shackled Goldsmith Banks and England's Financial Revolution After 1700 |
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| Author:
| Temin, Peter
Voth, Hans-Joachim |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-994427-9 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2013 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $98.14AUD $157.95 |
Book Description:
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Using new archival data from Goldsmith Banks, Temin and Voth document how government regulation and wartime financing stifled the growth of private credit markets during the Industrial Revolution. They show how, after a turbulent start, banks adapted and found a way to grow, but how the economy at large lost out.
Using new archival data from Goldsmith Banks, Temin and Voth document how government regulation and wartime financing stifled the growth of private credit markets during the Industrial Revolution. They show how, after a turbulent start, banks adapted and found a way to grow, but how the economy at large lost out.