Publications
Publications
- February 2004 (Revised August 2018)
- HBS Case Collection
The American System
By: David A. Moss, Tiffany Morris and Sarah Brennan
Abstract
Traces the economic development of the United States from 1790 to 1857, focusing especially on the struggle between free traders and protectionists over federal tariff policy. Devotes considerable attention to the nation's political system, its evolving common law, basic factors of production (land, labor, and capital), and key sectors (agriculture, manufacturing, transportation, etc.).
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Citation
Moss, David A., Tiffany Morris, and Sarah Brennan. "The American System." Harvard Business School Case 704-036, February 2004. (Revised August 2018.)