For Each, the Strength of All: A History of Banking in the State of New YorkBanking establishments, declared Thomas Jefferson back in 1799, are more dangerous than standing armies. Such armies are no longer cause for serious alarm. But commercial banking institutions, while justly applauded as the prime architects of America's economic success, are still assailed today—most recently by victims of the savings and loan debacle—as little better than the freakish hydra-headed monstrosities of yesteryear. |
Contents
Signers of the Call | 1 |
The Speculators | 29 |
The Great Projector | 57 |
The New Breed | 79 |
The Great Leap Forward | 101 |
The Thousand Dollar Breakfast | 115 |
Why Senator Thats an Inspiration | 133 |
The Shadow War | 155 |
Lollipops and Free Parking | 223 |
The Territorial Imperative | 233 |
The Discipline of Debt | 251 |
Appendix | 271 |
Notes | 277 |
Bibliography | 299 |
305 | |
About the Author 311 | |
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References to this book
Wedding of the Waters: The Erie Canal and the Making of a Great Nation Peter L. Bernstein Limited preview - 2005 |