Foreign Bonds: An Autopsy

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ISBN: 9781893122437 | 1893122433
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 12/1/1999

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Foreword	p. ix
Introduction	p. xi
The United States, Bankers to the World	p. 1
The Re-discovery of America
The Golden Age
United States Loans to Friend and Foe
The Two-fold Function of the Dollar, Destroying and Rebuilding
The Conversion of the American Investor
America Discovers the World
The Business of Thinking for Others
America, the Chosen Land
Center of Finance Moves to Banks of Hudson
The Rise and Fall of the New Era
Default and Repudiation	p. 8
Definitions of Terms
Attitude towards Defaulters
A Blunderer from Pennsylvania
The Growth of the Debt Burden
Productive vs. Non-productive Loans, as Illustrated by France and Germany
The Government, a Preferred Risk
Guarding against Defaults
Government vs. Private Credit
Historical Review	p. 21
Frequency of Default
Types of Default
Default in Ancient Times
Default in the Early Part of the Christian Era
Default in the Middle Ages
Modern Defaults
Chronic Defaults by Latin American Borrowers
Russia's Debt Repudiation
Causes of Default	p. 47
Drastic Political Changes
Exorbitant and Unjust Rates
Unwise Investments
Maldistribution of Gold
Tariff and Other Restrictions
Decline in Commodity Prices
Excessive Borrowing
Causes of Default (Continued)	p. 58
The Misleading Prospectus
Playing with Matches and Explosives
Bribing a President's Son
Risking Money in Minas
The A. B. C. of War Debts
Experience of Creditor Nations	p. 134
Great Britain
France
United States
Protective Measures	p. 146
Financial Control
Egypt
Greece
Central Europe
Baltic States
Latin America
Drago Doctrine Discarded
Intervention
Protective Measures (Continued)	p. 153
British Protective Organization
The French Association
The German Association
The Swiss Bankers Association
The Belgian Protective Association
The Netherlands Association
Protection for American Investors in Foreign Bonds
Lack of International Cooperation between the Associations
Summary	p. 179
Tables of Defaults of Foreign Nations and States	p. 182
Tables of Defaults of Individual States of the United States	p. 203
Index	p. 287
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