Transferring Wealth and Power from the Old to the New World - Monetary and Fiscal Institutions in the 17th through the 19th Centuries (Paperback, New)

This book contains a collection of essays comparing the evolution of the fiscal and monetary regimes of the Old World colonial powers - England, France, Spain, Portugal and the Netherlands - from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries with the experiences of several of their former colonies in the New World of the Americas: the United States, Canada, Mexico, Colombia, Brazil and Argentina. The objective is to see how such fiscal and monetary institutions were modified or replaced by new ones. The case studies in the collection consider the experience of the colonies after they became independent countries; they examine the factors that allowed efficient fiscal institutions to develop in some countries, while in others such development turned out to be unsuccessful; and they consider why some governments were able to live within their means and provide public goods, while for others expenditures frequently exceeded revenue, often leading to fiscal crises.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Studies in Macroeconomic History
Release date:	June 2006
First published:	2001
Editors:	Michael D. Bordo • Roberto Cortes-Conde
Dimensions:	228 x 152 x 31mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	496
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-02727-4
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Economic history Books > History > History of specific subjects > Economic history
LSN:	0-521-02727-6
Barcode:	9780521027274

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