Prometheus shackled [electronic resource] : Goldsmith Banks and England's financial revolution after 1700 / Peter Temin and Hans-Joachim Voth.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 2013.Description: 1 online resource : illISBN:- 9780199980789 (ebook) :
- 332.1094109033 23
- HG2987 .T46 2013
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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