Mises Daily
Author:
F.W. Taussig
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[This article is excerpted from The Tariff History of the United States (2010). An MP3 audio file of this article, narrated by Brad O’Connell, is available for download .] The Civil War revolutionized the financial methods of the United States. A new monetary system was created, and tax resources before undreamed of were resorted to, at first