Participation of Private Interests in American Foreign Investments Abroad
Author: United States. Department of State. Division of Library and Reference Services
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Published: 1953
Total Pages: 24
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. Department of State. Division of Library and Reference Services
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Published: 1953
Total Pages: 24
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency
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Published: 1959
Total Pages: 190
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Reviews the effects of U.S. private foreign investments on the domestic economy and on the world market. Focuses on the machine tool industry.
Author: United States. Office of International Trade
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Published: 1953
Total Pages: 48
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Mira Wilkins
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 1092
ISBN-13: 9780674396661
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →From the colonial era to 1914, America was a debtor nation in international accounts--owing more to foreigners than foreigners owed to us. By 1914 it was the world's largest debtor nation. Mira Wilkins provides the first complete history of foreign investment in the United States during that period. The book shows why the United States was attractive to foreign investors and traces the changing role of foreign capital in the nation's development, covering both portfolio and direct investment. The immense new wave of foreign investment in the United States today, and our return to the status of a debtor nation--once again the world's largest debtor nation--makes this strong exposition far more than just historically interesting. Wilkins reviews foreign portfolio investments in government securities (federal, state, and local) and in corporate stocks and bonds, as well as foreign direct investments in land and real estate, manufacturing plants, and even such service-sector activities as accounting, insurance, banking, and mortgage lending. She finds that between 1776 and 1875, public-sector securities (principally federal and state securities) drew in the most long-term foreign investment, whereas from 1875 to 1914 the private sector was the main attraction. The construction of the American railroad system called on vast portfolio investments from abroad; there was also sizable direct investment in mining, cattle ranching, the oil industry, the chemical industry, flour production, and breweries, as well as the production of rayon, thread, and even submarines. In addition, there were foreign stakes in making automobile and electrical and nonelectrical machinery. America became the leading industrial country of the world at the very time when it was a debtor nation in world accounts.
Author: United States. Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. Office of International Trade
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Published: 1953
Total Pages: 144
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. General Accounting Office
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Published: 1977
Total Pages: 76
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means
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Published: 1958
Total Pages: 664
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Foreign Economic Policy
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Published: 1969
Total Pages: 226
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Considers title 2 of H.R. 11792, to establish the government Overseas Private Investment Corp. for promotion of private investment and development in Third World nations.