Excerpt from For the Use of the Enemies of England: A Real Statement of the Finances and Resources of Great Britain; Illustrated by Two Copper-Plate Charts
I confefs I was long anxious to find out, Whether I was actually the firf't who applied the, principles of geometry to matters of finance, as it had long before been applied to chronology with great fuccefs. I, am now fatisfied, upon due enquiry, that I was the firfi; for during eleven years I have never been able to learn that any thing of a fimilar nature had ever before been thought of.
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Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book discusses the commercial bills and bank notes in circulation during the late 18th century, particularly highlighting the urgent need to establish a central bank to regulate the excesses occurring within the finance community of the time. Concerned that the public is starting to lose confidence in using promissory notes due to the financial irresponsibility of unregulated banks issuing paper currency without sufficient backing, the author provides a well-reasoned economic argument for the necessity of a central entity to control the money supply and safeguard the nation's financial health. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Seller Inventory # 9781334472688_0
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