From Christopher Columbus to the Robber Barons
Author: Jerry W. Markham
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Published: 2002
Total Pages: 437
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From Christopher Columbus to the Robber Barons
Author: Jerry W. Markham
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2022-06-06
Total Pages: 525
ISBN-13: 1000592200
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOriginally published in 2002, this is the first of three volumes in a history of finance in America. This volume covers the period from the 'discovery' of America to the end of the nineteenth century. It describes the status of finance in Europe at the time of Christopher Columbus' voyage to America. It then traces its transfer and development in America through the Revolution, into the Civil War and beyond to the speculative excesses occurring after that event.
The Robber Barons
Author: Matthew Josephson
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 1962
Total Pages: 496
ISBN-13: 9780156767903
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIncludes material on John D. Rockefeller, J. Pierpoint Morgan, Cornelius Vanderbilt, William H. Vanderbilt, Andrew Carnegie, E.H. Harriman, Jay Gould, Jim Fisk, Jay Cooke, Daniel Drew, Henry C. Frick, James J. Hill, Charles M. Schwab, Henry Villard, Standard Oil Company, trusts.
The Myth of the Robber Barons
Author: Burton W. Folsom
Publisher: Young Americas Foundation
Published: 1991-01-01
Total Pages: 185
ISBN-13: 0963020315
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn his book The Myth of the Robber Barons, Folsom distinguishes between political entrepreneurs who ran inefficient businesses supported by government favors, and market entrepreneurs who succeeded by providing better and lower-cost products or services, usually while facing vigorous competition.
A Financial History of the United States: From Christopher Columbus to the Robber Barons (1492-1900)
Author: Jerry W. Markham
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 436
ISBN-13: 9780765607300
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe first comprehensive financial history of the United States in more than thirty years. Accessible to undergraduate level readers, it focuses on the growth and expansion of banking, securities, and insurance from the colonial period right up to the incredible growth of the stock market during the 1990s and the attack on the World Trade Center in 2001. The author traces the origins of American finance to the older societies of Europe and Northern Africa, and shows how English merchants transferred their financial systems to America. He explains how financial matters dominated the founding and development of the colonies, and how financial concerns incited the Revolution. And he shows how the Civil War began the transformation of America from a small economy largely dependent on foreign capital into a complex capitalist society. From the Civil War, the nation's financial history breaks down into periods of frenzied speculation, quiet growth, periodic panics, and furious periods of expansion, right up through the incredible growth of the stock market during the 1990s.
From the Subprime Crisis to the Great Recession
Author: Jerry W. Markham
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2022-06-06
Total Pages: 584
ISBN-13: 100059307X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOriginally published in 2010, this book covers the development of the mortgage market, the residential housing boom and bust that led to the subprime crisis, and the effect of this crisis on financial institutions as well as the stock market panic of 2008. It details the massive government interventions that sought to prevent another Great Depression.
From the Great Recession to the Covid-19 Pandemic
Author: Jerry W. Markham
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2022-03-31
Total Pages: 341
ISBN-13: 1000550486
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume narrates the financial history of the United States during a period of great upheaval in the early part of the 21st century. It is divided into three chronological sections: the first section describes the recovery of financial markets after the Great Recession. It begins with an overview of the state of the economy at the start of the new decade, including some of the political storms affecting the economy and financial markets. It explores the uneven nature of the recovery and volatility in the Treasury during these years. The second section sets forth regulatory responses to the Financial Crisis of 2008, including the massive fines imposed on large banks by a swarm of regulators. It examines the “too big to jail” prosecution model, cases involving Libor and foreign exchange manipulation and the impact of rogue traders. It also looks at the developments in payment systems, rise of crowdfunding as a source of capital, and high-frequency trading. The third section describes the rules adopted under the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010 that broadly affected financial markets. It also recounts the Trump trade wars and ends with an account of the financial and economic turmoil that occurred during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020. The volume will be an essential addition to academic and public libraries with readers drawn from business schools, departments of economics and finance, and historians.
A Financial History of the United States
Author: Jerry W Markham
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2015-03-17
Total Pages: 881
ISBN-13: 1317478134
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProvides a comprehensive financial history of the United States which focuses on the growth and expansion of banking, securities, and insurance from the colonial period right up to the incredible growth of the stock market during the 1990s and the attack on the World Trade Center in 2001.
Corporate Power and Responsible Capitalism?
Author: Bryn JoneS
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Published: 2015-05-29
Total Pages: 317
ISBN-13: 1784717282
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this important book, Bryn Jones uses insights from political economy, historical analysis and sociological concepts of the corporation, as a socially disembedded but political actor, to address concerns over the over-reach of Anglo-Saxon corporation
From the Post Enron Accounting Scandals to the Subprime Crisis
Author: Jerry W. Markham
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2022-06-06
Total Pages: 508
ISBN-13: 1000592995
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOriginally published in 2011, this volume examines the Enron-era scandals and several corporate governance issues that were raised as a result of these scandals. It then describes developments in the securities and derivatives markets, covering hedge funds, venture capital, private equity and sovereign wealth funds.
