The Panic of 1819 was America's first experience of the boom-bust cycle and the subsequent depression was one of the most dramatic economic crises experienced by the US during the nineteenth century.

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"For example, the Panic of 1819 traced its origins to the eruption of Mount Tambora in 1815, and the subsequent global cooling and European crop failures that followed," Higgins says. "The Panic ...

A Father's Wish The Panic of 1819 caused the Bank of St. Louis, which Moses had helped fund, to collapse. For Moses Austin, it meant the end of his empire. Stuck in debt, he conceived a way to ...

With interests in the early economy of the United States, American economic thought, and Chinese economic reforms, his work has been published in numerous economics journals and his book, Virginia and ...

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There is no dispute that Proposition 5, if enacted, will result in higher property taxes for California homeowners.

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A Father's Wish The Panic of 1819 caused the Bank of St. Louis, which Moses had helped fund, to collapse. For Moses Austin, it meant the end of his empire. Stuck in debt, he conceived a way to ...