TY - BOOK AU - Goodspeed,Tyler Beck TI - Legislating Instability: Adam Smith, Free Banking, and the Financial Crisis of 1772 SN - 9780674968998 U1 - 332.109411/09033 23 PY - 2016///] CY - Cambridge, MA : PB - Harvard University Press, KW - Banking law--Scotland--History--18th century KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; Contents --; List of Figures --; 1. A Very Melancholy Situation --; 2. Beggarly Bankers --; 3. Procuring an Act --; 4. Prodigals and Projectors --; 5. Upon Daedalian Wings --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Acknowledgments --; Index; restricted access N2 - From 1716 to 1845 Scottish banks were among the most dynamic and resilient in Europe, effectively absorbing economic shocks that rocked markets in London and on the continent. Tyler Beck Goodspeed explains the paradox that Scotland’s banking system achieved this success without the regulations Adam Smith considered necessary for economic stability UR - https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674968998 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674968998 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780674968998/original ER -