Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface V
3. Contents XI
4. Part one INTRODUCTION
5. 1 The logical choice 3
6. 2 Financial means and political ends 17
7. Part two GALLATIN'S FISCAL MODEL
8. 3 The debt objective 29
9. 4 Meeting the debt objective: revenue considerations 49
10. 5 Meeting the debt objective: expenditure considerations 68
11. Part three EXPERIENCE AND ANALYSIS
12. 6 The golden age: 1801-1808 89
13. 7 The age of indecision 128
14. 8 The war years 164
15. 9 Gallatin's fiscal system: a critique 215
16. Notes 247
17. Index 273