42 min

The Louisiana Purchase Finance & History

    • History

A story of empires, of financing war and risk and reward in uncertain times. 

Larry Neal (Illinois) & Carmen Hofmann (eabh) in conversation about the underrated role of individuals in financial history - compared to the role of political actors; the Louisiana Purchase as an 'unprecedented financial deal'; the emergence of internationally marketable sovereign debt and other options of financing empires and revolutionary states.

A story of empires, of financing war and risk and reward in uncertain times. 

Larry Neal (Illinois) & Carmen Hofmann (eabh) in conversation about the underrated role of individuals in financial history - compared to the role of political actors; the Louisiana Purchase as an 'unprecedented financial deal'; the emergence of internationally marketable sovereign debt and other options of financing empires and revolutionary states.

42 min

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