Richard A Kleer

Money, Politics and Power

Banking and Public Finance in Wartime England, 1694-96

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines one of the most famous economic-policy episodes in British history, offering an entirely novel and very sophisticated account. It explains key monetary and financial institutions in a highly accessible way, builds a novel interpretation of the creation and early years of the Bank of England from previously undiscovered archival data, shows who stood to benefit, and how, from the many innovations in money, banking and public finance being proposed by contemporary entrepreneurs and illustrates how knowing the financial constraints and objectives of government is essential for understanding the stakes and outcome of legislation pertaining to money and banking.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 254
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Mai 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9781138036666
• ISBN-10: 1138036668
• Artikelnr.: 48314968

Autorenporträt

Richard A. Kleer is an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics, and Dean of the Faculty of Arts, at the University of Regina, Canada.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
Part I: The institutional and economic context
2. England's wartime system of public finance
3. The inception of the Bank of England
4. Parliamentary measures against clipping and bullion exports, 1689-95
5. The growing problem of war remittances
6. Land-bank projects, 1694-95
Part II: The political and policy narrative
7. The administrative debate on the state of the currency,
September-November 1695
8. The act for remedying the ill state of the coin, November 1695-January
1696
9. Banking projects and public finance, early 1696
10. Guineas and the National Land Bank, February-April 1696
11. Connecting the dots: monetary policies as means to political ends
12. Monetary and financial crisis in England and the plight of the English
army in Flanders, spring - summer 1696
13. Concluding remarks
Index