Myth and Reality in the Populist RevoltHeath, 1966 - 112 pages |
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Page 27
... bank , and that the government ought to go out of the banking business . I stand with Jefferson rather than with them , and tell them , as he did , that the issue of money is a function of govern- ment , and that the banks ought to go ...
... bank , and that the government ought to go out of the banking business . I stand with Jefferson rather than with them , and tell them , as he did , that the issue of money is a function of govern- ment , and that the banks ought to go ...
Page 50
... banks ; and these banks are supposed to serve the com- munity by supplying business men with the means of carrying on the commercial warfare . But they do this only at the heaviest rates of interest , and in times of general prosperity ...
... banks ; and these banks are supposed to serve the com- munity by supplying business men with the means of carrying on the commercial warfare . But they do this only at the heaviest rates of interest , and in times of general prosperity ...
Page 80
... banks on approved securities in times of financial dis- turbance . A National Monetary Commission , created at the same time , reported after four years ' intensive study in favor of a re- turn to the Hamiltonian system of a central Bank ...
... banks on approved securities in times of financial dis- turbance . A National Monetary Commission , created at the same time , reported after four years ' intensive study in favor of a re- turn to the Hamiltonian system of a central Bank ...
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