Series: Financial History

In life, Benjamin Franklin sought to manage debt, organise credit, build capital and promote virtue. After death, he continued this work by leaving a codicil to his last will and testament, bequeathing £2,000 to Boston and Philadelphia. Benjamin Franklin and the Invention of Microfinance examines Franklin’s codicil and the financial history of America over the 200 years since his death....

Towards Modern Public Finance addresses the financing of the American-Mexican War of 1846-48. This study argues that the successful financing of the American-Mexican War had a long-term beneficial effect on American financial institutions and markets.