1.The Tontine: Here, There, and Everywhere2.The Origins and Early Examples of the Tontine: 1602-16993.Public Tontines in the Eighteenth Century4.Private Tontines in Great Britain and Ireland, Europe, and North America: 1750-19005.The Rise and Fall of Tontine Life Insurance in the United States,...

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Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. The Earliest Americans -- Chapter 3. The Development of European Colonies -- Chapter 4. The Revolution -- Chapter 5. Focus on Economists: Adam Smith, Ricardo, von Thünen, and Dupuit -- Chapter 6. The Third Founding Document and the Land Deals That Created...

The participation of the United States in World War II led to a substantial mobilization of domestic resources to produce the materiel used on the battlefields of Europe and in the Pacific. We produce new estimates for the impact of war mobilization on long-run economic growth and regional...