Excerpt from The Economic Consequences of the Bank War: An Analysis of the Inflation of the 1830's The 1830's represent a fascinating period in American history. They witnessed the emergence of the complex phenomenon known as Jacksonian democracy and the rise and collapse of one of the fastest inflationary movements of the nineteenth century. These two events normally are thought to have been causally connected, since one of the defining acts of Jacksonsonian democracy was the veto and destruction of the Second Bank of the United States the celebrated Bank War Degrees The demise of this bank is thought to have removed the only effective constraint on the state banks, leading to expansion and inflation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.