The Harmony of Interests, Agricultural, Manufacturing and CommercialH. C. Baird, 1868 - 227 pages Written by Abraham Lincoln's chief economic adviser, The Harmony of Interests contrasts the "British System" oflaissez-faire capitalism with the 19th-century "American System" of tariff protection and government-encouraged production. |
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