Part Three: Transformation to Urban Industrial Capitalism

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#33 Finance, Banking and the Gold Standard: a Privatised National Money Market

Money was to become the lifeblood of the industrialised world. This lifeblood would require a heart to pump the money around. An understanding of money, finance and banking is at the very centre of understanding our capitalist world to this day. In the 19th century, the monetary system was the servant of industry, but over time the monetary system became the master of industry. This blog focuses on money, markets, and banking in the 19th century.

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