Panic of 1866

Panic of 1866

The Panic of 1866 was an international financial downturn that accompanied the failure of Overend, Gurney and Company in London, and the "corso forzoso" abandonment of the silver standard in Italy.

ee also

*Great Depression

References

*Charles P. Kindleberger. "Historical Economics: Art or Science?" University of California Press, 1990, p. 310. [http://content.cdlib.org/xtf/view?docId=ft287004zv&chunk.id=d0e8451&toc.id=d0e8451&brand=eschol]
*Robert Baxter. "The panic of 1866 with its lessons on the currency act." New York: B. Franklin, 1969.


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