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Virtuous Bankers: A Day in the Life of the Eighteenth-Century Bank of England
By Anne Murphy
Hardcover
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By Anne Murphy
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An intimate account of the eighteenth-century Bank of England that shows how a private institution became “a great engine of state”
The eighteenth-century Bank of England was an institution that operated for the benefit of its shareholders—and yet came to be considered, as Adam Smith described it, “a great engine of state.” In Virtuous Bankers, Anne Murphy explores how this private organization became the guardian of the public credit upon which Britain’s economic and geopolitical power was ...
The eighteenth-century Bank of England was an institution that operated for the benefit of its shareholders—and yet came to be considered, as Adam Smith described it, “a great engine of state.” In Virtuous Bankers, Anne Murphy explores how this private organization became the guardian of the public credit upon which Britain’s economic and geopolitical power was ...