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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Value of Studying U.S. Financial History
Part 1: Building the Foundation of the U.S. Financial System (1790–1865)
1: Overdue Credit to America's Financial Founding Father
2: Speculation Erupts on Wall Street
3: The First Great Depression
4: The Rise of Wall Street and the Paradox of Speculation
5: The Economics of the Civil War
Part 2: Growth and Grift in the Gilded Age (1866–1895)
6: Rails across America
7: The Dark Side of the Tracks
8: The American System of Manufactures
9: Wall Street's Troubled Adolescence
10: The Panic of 1873 and the Long-Wave Depression
11: Free Silver and the Panic of 1893
Part 3: Growing Pains of an Emerging Empire (1896–1929)
12: The American Commercial Invasion
13: The Last Private Lender of Last Resort
14: War and Pestilence
15: A Hollow Roar on Wall Street
Part 4: The Great Depression and Global Destabilization (1930–1945)
16: The Last Great Depression
17: The Shaming of the Street
18: Restoring Confidence in America
19: The World Descends into Darkness
20: The U.S. Arsenal of Democracy
Part 5: The Wealth of the American Empire (1946–1982)
21: The Foundation of the New World Order
22: Institutions Take the Street
23: Inflated Expectations
Part 6: The American Empire Strikes Back (1983–2023)
24: The Second American Commercial Invasion
25: Manufacturing Portfolio Complexity
26: Sowing the Seeds of Discontent
27: The Ancient Wonders of the Present
28: The Great Shadow Bank Run
29: A Decade of Diminishing Returns
30: A 101-Year Pandemic
31: Reflections on the Past and Shadows of America's Future
Notes
Index
About the Author
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