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Bond Finance and the Great Depression
Attending the Social Science History Association Meetings in Toronto this weekend provided as usual an opportunity to take in new papers and ideas, digest them and then think about what further insight they might add to our knowledge of past economic events. One such paper was Richard Sutch’s (University of California) “Financing the Great War: […]
People of Plenty
American historian David Potter’s book People of Plenty argued that resource abundance shaped the American attitude towards possibility and opportunity. Abundant resources set the stage for wealth accumulation and created a society that believes that everyone can become rich through their own work and effort and that initiative and opportunity are the key to social […]
Worthwhile Canadian Initiative 
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