The founders and finance
United states, politics and government, 1783-1865
Finance, public, united states
Monetary policy, united states
United states, economic policy
United states, history, revolution, 1775-1783
Monetary policy
Public Finance
Economic policy
United States
Politics and government
History
"In 1776 the United States government started out on a shoestring and quickly went bankrupt fighting its War of Independence against Britain. At the war's end, the national government owed tremendous sums to foreign creditors and its own citizens. But lacking the power to tax, it had no means to rep…
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