When Banking Was 'Free'

Helen Fessenden

Econ Focus, 2018, issue 1Q, 28-30

Abstract: From 1837 until the Civil War, currency issuance and banking were left to the states. Can this era offer lessons for today's cryptocurrency boom?

Keywords: civil war; cryptocurrency; economic history (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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