'1873': How the first financial crisis made the world turn on the Rothschilds - review

In the 1850s and ’60s, countries throughout the world experienced an unprecedented economic boom. The GDPs of England, France, Germany, and the United States almost doubled, while global trade expanded fivefold. Capital investment, in the form of bonds, often for railroad construction, fueled the surge. In the early…

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