The A B C of Finance

A popularization of economic ideas which Newcomb wrote for Harpers Magazine.

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The ABC of Finance was written not for specialists or academics, but for “common people” — readers without deep training in economics or finance. Newcomb aims to demystify complex financial and monetary issues, explaining them in plain language so ordinary readers can understand how money, labor, and finance affect everyday life.

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The ABC of Finance: or, the Money and Labor Questions Familiarly Explained to Common People in Short and Easy Lessons (New York: Harper and Bros. 1877).

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