Prometheus Shackled: Goldsmith Banks and England's Financial Revolution After 1700 by Peter Temin, Hans-Joachim Voth

Prometheus Shackled: Goldsmith Banks and England's Financial Revolution After 1700

Peter Temin, Hans-Joachim Voth

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nonfiction business history
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After 1688, Britain underwent a revolution in public finance, and the cost of borrowing declined sharply. Leading scholars have argued that easier credit for the government, made possible by better property-rights protection, lead to a rapid expan...

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