12K Chinese workers built the Transcontinental railroad, the key piece of American infrastructure from the 1860s to Gilded Age
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they made Leland Stanford's wealth even though they were never photographed the day he drove the golden spike into Promontory
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he made his money after the Gold Rush and after he was governor of California.
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I haven't read it. Would love to.
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I bought House of Morgan, which I haven't read yet. Quintessential piece of 19th century banking, Gilded Age history.
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@paultoo wonder if there's a way to also get the investment into e.g. Public transit, would be fantastic. -
you need a tax or fee revenue stream to bond your infrastructure investments against http://www.governing.com/gov-institute/voices/col-financing-infrastructure-capital-p3s-china.html …
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Most of the New World silver ended up in China. Makes sense that 19 and 20th centuries were just aberrations. -
QUICK, TAX FOREIGN INVESTMENT </dogwhistle>
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