Financial History Issue 122 (Summer 2017) | Page 4
Financial
history
The magazine of the
Museum of American Finance
in association with
the Smithsonian Institution
Issue 122 • Summer 2017
(ISSN 1520-4723)
Kristin Aguilera
Editor
EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD
Howard A. Baker, Esq.
Howard Baker Associates
Lawrence A. Cunningham
IN THIS ISSUE
FEATURES
10 The Poverty of Slavery
Economic growth and slavery, then and now.
By Robert E. Wright
15 Taxing to Build a Commonwealth
Public finance in America, 1607–1861.
By W. Elliot Brownlee
The George Washington University
Brian Grinder
Eastern Washington University
Gregory DL Morris
Freelance Journalist
Arthur W. Samansky
The Samansky Group
Bob Shabazian
American Stock Exchange (ret.)
Myles Thompson
Columbia Business School Publishing
Robert E. Wright
Augustana University
Jason Zweig
The Wall Street Journal
20 Ladies of the Ticker
Pioneering women stockbrokers from the 1880s to the 1920s.
By George Robb
ART DIRECTION
Alan Barnett Design
MUSEUM STAFF
David J. Cowen, President/CEO
Kristin Aguilera, Deputy Director
Tony Critelli, Accountant
Maura Ferguson, Director of Exhibits
Chris Meyers, Director of Education
Sarah Poole, Collections Manager
Linda Rapacki, Managing Director
of Visitor Services and Operations
Mindy Ross, Director, External Relations
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Museum of American Finance, publisher,
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Financial History is the official membership
magazine of the Museum of American Finance.
24 John J. Kiernan
Business journalism pioneer, 1845–1893.
By Rob Wells
28 Creditworthy
A history of consumer surveillance
and financial identity in America.
By Josh Lauer
32 The New Iron Age
West Point Foundry on the Hudson
pioneered heavy manufacturing.
By Gregory DL Morris
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