Walter Bagehot
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Financial observer and journalist Walter Bagehot sheds light on the world of banking in his influential tract Written in response to a nineteenth-century banking crisis in England, Walter Bagehot's influential treatise was one of the first to clearly explain complex financial systems like international banking, currency, and corporate finance in clear and easy-to-understand language. Credit, Bagehot suggests, is based primarily on trust. When the...
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The English Constitution by Walter Bagehot
Walter Bagehot's The English Constitution (1867) is the best account of the history and workings of the British political system ever written. As arguments raged in mid-Victorian Britain about giving the working man the vote, and democracies overseas were pitched into despotism and civil war, Bagehot took a long, cool look at the "dignified" and "efficient" elements which made the English system the envy...
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This engaging collection of twelve essays by the incomparable Walter Bagehot was affectionately compiled by his lifelong friend Richard Holt Hutton. Included are "Letters on the Coup d'Etat of 1851," "Bad Lawyers or Good?," "The Metasphysical Basis of Toleration," "On the Emotion of Conviction," and "The Ignorance of Man," among others.
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Three classic works on the art of succeeding in business, life, and high finance from three of modern history's most influential thought leaders.
My Life and Work: A legendary inventor and industrialist, Henry Ford pioneered the American automotive industry. In this combination of memoir and business treatise, he describes his early life as a mechanically inclined farmer's son, the inner workings of his eponymous motor company, and the development...