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The Currency Problem and the Present Financial Situation

A series of addresses studying the Crisis of 1907, delivered at Columbia University over the years 1907-1908.
Digitized by Microsoft Corporation.
Includes:

The crisis of 1907 in the light of history / Edwin R.A. Seligman
The modern bank / Frank A. Vanderlip
The stock exchange and the money market / Thomas F. Woodlock
Government currency vs. bank currency / A. Barton Hepburn
Gold movements and foreign exchanges / Albert Strauss
The New York clearing house / William A. Nash
Clearing houses and the currency / James G. Cannon
American and European banking methods and bank legislation compared / Paul M. Warburg
The modern corporation / George W. Perkins

Available Files

• Complete Publication (pdf 18.1M)
  
  
• Title Page and Table of Contents (pdf 182k)
  
  
• Introduction. The Crisis of 1907 in the Light of History (pdf 787k)
  
  
• The Modern Bank (pdf 679k)
  
  
• The Stock Exchange and the Money Market (pdf 844k)
  
  
• Government Currency vs. Bank Currency (pdf 701k)
  
  
• Gold Movements and Foreign Exchanges (pdf 1.1M)
  
  
• The New York Clearing House (pdf 162k)
  
  
• Clearing Houses and the Currency (pdf 884k)
  
  
• American and European Banking Methods and Bank Legislation Compared (pdf 1.3M)
  
  
• The Modern Corporation (pdf 645k)