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The History of Corporate Finance: Developments of Anglo-American Securities Markets, Financial Practices, Theories and Laws

Robert E Wright

This is a collection of primary resource texts gathered from the archives of corporate history.

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The History of Corporate Governance: The Importance of Stakeholder Activism

Robert E Wright

Academic - Financial And Business History - Economics - Law - History; The company archives of England and America are rich repositories of original texts on the subject of governance…

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The US National Debt, 1787-1900

Robert E Wright

Academic - Scholarly - Economics - History - Nineteenth Century; Financial historians have already convinced many scholars that financial development, including the development of government securities markets, played a leading…

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The History of Corporate Governance Vol 1: The Importance of Stakeholder Activism

Robert E Wright

This book offers a unique perspective on fascinating historical topic. It presents a comprehensive selection of texts drawn from the archives of corporations in England and America. The book fits…

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The History of Corporate Governance Vol 2: The Importance of Stakeholder Activism

Robert E Wright

This volume offers a selection of texts drawn from the archives on the subject of corporate governance in England and America. It focuses on the mechanisms that stakeholders use to…

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The History of Corporate Governance Vol 3: The Importance of Stakeholder Activism

Robert E Wright

This volume offers a selection of texts drawn from the archives on the subject of corporate governance in England and America covering the period 1836-1846. It focuses on the mechanisms…

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The History of Corporate Governance Vol 4: The Importance of Stakeholder Activism

Robert E Wright

This volume offers a selection of texts drawn from the archives on the subject of corporate governance in England and America covering the period 1847-1878. It focuses on the mechanisms…

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The History of Corporate Governance Vol 5: The Importance of Stakeholder Activism

Robert E Wright

This volume offers a selection of texts drawn from the archives on the subject of corporate governance in England and America covering the period 1881-1889. It focuses on the mechanisms…

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The History of Corporate Governance Vol 6: The Importance of Stakeholder Activism

Robert E Wright

This volume offers a selection of texts drawn from the 1891 archives on the subject of corporate governance in England and America. It focuses on the mechanisms that stakeholders use…

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The US National Debt, 1787-1900 Vol 1

Robert E Wright

This volume assembles a broad selection of rare primary resource materials in the form of essays, reports, books and compendia informing on US public finances in the late eighteenth century…

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The US National Debt, 1787-1900 Vol 2

Robert E Wright

This volume assembles a broad selection of rare primary resource materials in the form of essays, reports, books and compendia informing on US public finances in the early nineteenth century…

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The US National Debt, 1787-1900 Vol 3

Robert E Wright

This volume assembles a broad selection of rare primary resource materials in the form of essays, reports, books and compendia informing on US public finances in the first half of…

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The US National Debt, 1787-1900 Vol 4

Robert E Wright

This volume covers the latter half of the nineteenth century and concepts such as inflation, the international market for bonds, and the complicated structure of the post-war public debt. It…

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Financial Exclusion: How Competition Can Fix a Broken System

Robert E Wright

Like mass incarceration and slavery, financial exclusion, discrimination, and predation serve the interests of the few at the expense of their direct victims and overall economic efficiency. Yet those banes…

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The Origins of Commercial Banking in America, 1750-1800

Robert E. Wright

Robert Wright argues that the ultimate causes of American economic development and transformation into a modern society can be reduced to the causes of American commercial banking. Wright analyzes why…

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The Origins of Commercial Banking in America, 1750-1800

Robert E. Wright

Robert Wright argues that the ultimate causes of American economic development and transformation into a modern society can be reduced to the causes of American commercial banking. Wright analyzes why…

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Corporation Nation

Robert E. Wright

Drawing on legal and economic history, Robert E. Wright traces the development of corporate institutions in America, connecting today’s financial failures to weakened internal corporate regulation.

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Weapons of War: A compilation of letters recounting a soldier’s story of service, love and faith

Robert E Wright

Weapons of War’‘ is an amazing story of a young African American, who was drafted, trained as a combat soldier and deployed to the Republic of South Viet Nam. Assigned…

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The Poverty of Slavery: How Unfree Labor Pollutes the Economy

Robert E. Wright

This ground-breaking book adds an economic angle to a traditionally moral argument, demonstrating that slavery has never promoted economic growth or development, neither today nor in the past.

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Weapons of War: A compilation of letters recounting a soldier’s story of service, love, and faith

Robert E Wright

Weapons of War has given me the opportunity to tell my Vietnam story and how it affected me, my fiancee, and my family. It will give my family a written…

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Weapons of War

Robert E Wright

"Weapons of War'' is an amazing story of a young African American, who was drafted, trained as a combat soldier and deployed to the Republic of South Viet Nam. Assigned…

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The History and Evolution of the North American Wildlife Conservation Model

Robert E. Wright

This book explains how six policies collectively called the North American Wildlife Conservation Model (NAWCM), put in place around the turn of the twentieth century, saved numerous iconic big game…

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The Wealth of Nations Rediscovered: Integration and Expansion in American Financial Markets, 1780-1850

Robert E. Wright (University of Virginia)

This book portrays the development of a modern financial sector as the driving force behind America’s economic transition from agricultural colony to industrial juggernaut. Wright applies the economic theory of…

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The Wealth of Nations Rediscovered: Integration and Expansion in American Financial Markets, 1780-1850

Robert E. Wright (University of Virginia)

This book portrays the development of a modern financial sector as the driving force behind America’s economic transition from agricultural colony to industrial juggernaut. Wright applies the economic theory of…

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Fubarnomics: A Lighthearted, Serious Look at America’s Economic Ills

Robert Wright

In this witty, informative overview of contemporary economic ills, Wright takes a fresh approach to public policy by finding fault with both the government and the market, and with both…

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When Angels Cry: The Loud Cry of the Fourth Angel

Robert E. Wright (University of Virginia, USA)

This book offers a fresh, original treatment of Seventh-day Adventists beliefs about Babylon the Great. It addresses issues head-on, challenging traditional views, providing alternative perspectives, yet leaving in tact the…

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The History of Corporate Finance: Development of Anglo-American Securities Markets, Financial Practices, Theories and Laws

Robert E Wright,Richard Sylla

This work contains primary research texts regarding two centuries of the development of corporate finance in the US and Great Britain

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The History of Corporate Finance: Developments of Anglo-American Securities Markets, Financial Practices, Theories and Laws Vol 2

Robert E Wright,Richard Sylla

This work contains primary research texts regarding two centuries of the development of corporate finance in the US and Great Britain

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The History of Corporate Finance: Developments of Anglo-American Securities Markets, Financial Practices, Theories and Laws Vol 3: Development of Anglo-American Securities Markets, Financial Practices, Theories and Laws

Robert E Wright,Richard Sylla

This work contains primary research texts regarding two centuries of the development of corporate finance in the US and Great Britain

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The History of Corporate Finance: Developments of Anglo-American Securities Markets, Financial Practices, Theories and Laws Vol 4

Robert E Wright,Richard Sylla

This work contains primary research texts regarding two centuries of the development of corporate finance in the US and Great Britain

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The History of Corporate Finance: Developments of Anglo-American Securities Markets, Financial Practices, Theories and Laws Vol 5: Development of Anglo-American Securities Markets, Financial Practices, Theories and Laws

Robert E Wright,Richard Sylla

This work contains primary research texts regarding two centuries of the development of corporate finance in the US and Great Britain

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The History of Corporate Finance: Developments of Anglo-American Securities Markets, Financial Practices, Theories and Laws Vol 6: Development of Anglo-American Securities Markets, Financial Practices, Theories and Laws

Robert E Wright,Richard Sylla

This work contains primary research texts regarding two centuries of the development of corporate finance in the US and Great Britain

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The WSJ Guide to the 50 Economic Indicators That Really Matter: From Big Macs to Zombie Banks, the Indicators Smart Investors Watch to Beat the Market

Simon Constable,Robert E. Wright

From Dow Jones columnist Constable and financial historian Wright comes an entertaining and must-have guide to how investors can forecast and exploit sea changes in the global macroeconomic climate.

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Fearless: Wilma Soss and America’s Forgotten Investor Movement

Robert E Wright,Janice Traflet

Shareholder activist Wilma Soss rocketed to fame in the 1950s fighting for the rights of the individual investor. But over the years, her legacy was almost forgotten.

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Mutually Beneficial: The Guardian and Life Insurance in America

Robert E. Wright,David Smith

A history of The Guardian Life Insurance company.

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Debating Universal Basic Income: Pros, Cons, and Alternatives

Robert E. Wright,Aleksandra Przegalinska

This book presents the most compelling arguments for and against implementing a basic income guarantee today, in the voice of proponents and critics, in alternating chapters. Tables, figures, and pictures…

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Memoirs of Robert E. Lee

Marcus Joseph Wright

Memoirs of Robert E. Lee - His military and personal history, embracing a large amount of information hitherto unpublished is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1886…

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AdM Home Care Coaching: Family Guide to Improved Health

Robert E. Wright MHA RN

For centuries, healthcare has struggled with the concept of adherence management. Getting people to follow medical advice has always been, at best, a fifty-fifty chance. People are wary of side…

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Guide to U.S. Economic Policy

Guide to U.S. Economic Policy shows students and researchers how issues and actions are translated into public policies for resolving economic problems (like the Great Recession) or managing economic conflict…

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Changing Scotland: Evidence from the British Household Panel Survey

Changing Scotland uses longitudinal data from the British Household Panel Survey to improve our knowledge and understanding of the impact of devolution on the lives of people in Scotland. It…

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Stuck Entrepreneurs

Bryon B. Carson, Robert E. Wright

Provides inventive strategies for the quicksand-mired businessperson who asks, what am I doing wrong? or how can I break this inertia and move my business forward?. The author delivers advice…

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Explaining Money & Banking

Byron B. Carson, Robert E. Wright

To turn a profit during the next bust, or the next burst of inflation, individual investors and businesspeople must understand the economics of money, banking, and finance. That's what this…

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Memoirs of Robert E. Lee

Marcus Joseph Wright, Armistead Lindsay Long

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public…

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Memoirs of Robert E. Lee

Marcus Joseph Wright, Armistead Lindsay Long

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public…

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