Legislating instability : Adam Smith, free banking, and the financial crisis of 1772 /

"From 1716 to 1845, the Scottish financial system functioned with no official central bank or lender of last resort, no public (or private) monopoly on currency issuance, no legal reserve requirements, and no formal limits on bank size. In support of previous research on Scottish "free ban...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Goodspeed, Tyler Beck (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2016.
Subjects:
Smith, Adam, > 1723-1790.
1700-1799
Banking law > Scotland > History > 18th century.
Banks and banking > Scotland > History > 18th century.
Financial crises > Scotland > History > 18th century.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Finance.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economic History.
Banking law.
Banks and banking.
Financial crises.
Scotland.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • A very melancholy situation
  • Beggarly bankers
  • Procuring an act
  • Prodigals and projectors
  • Upon Daedalian wings.

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