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The origins of American public finance : debates over money, debt, and taxes in the Constitutional era, 1776-1836

Title
The origins of American public finance : debates over money, debt, and taxes in the Constitutional era, 1776-1836 / Donald R. Stabile.
Author
Stabile, Donald.
Publication
Westport, Conn : Greenwood Press, 1998.

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Description
xii, 208 pages; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Contributions in economics and economic history, 0084-9235 ; no. 198
Uniform Title
Contributions in economics and economic history ; no. 198.
Subject
  • Finance, Public > United States > History > 18th century
  • Finance, Public > United States > History > 19th century
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Foreword / David O. Whitten -- Introduction: To Mortgage the Public Revenues -- 1. Too Frequent Emissions -- 2. Requisitions Small and Slow -- 3. To Levy Money Directly -- 4. We the People -- 5. A National Revenue -- 6. Subject to All the Burdens -- 7. A Choice of Evils -- 8. A Wise and Frugal Government -- 9. A Proper Selection of Moderate Internal Taxes -- 10. An Unprecedented Spectacle -- Epilogue: As Sure as Debt and Taxes.
ISBN
0313307547 (alk. paper)
LCCN
98011163
OCLC
  • 38288692
  • ocm38288692
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries