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What It Did for Uncle Ben and His Neighbors
A long tale set in a New England town describes Uncle Benjamin, a factory owner who is persuaded by a senator to swap gold for U S bonds and bank notes. He amasses wealth, but the scheme collapses wages and harms neighbors, showing how inflation of state bonds and bank charters devastates working families and local economies.
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Ben
Benjamin
Massachusetts
Senator S
Uncle Benjamin
Uncle Ben
United States
Sena
U. S
Greenbacks
Berjsmin
Uncle Ban
Treasury Department
Berjimin
Bonda
Uncle Bersmin
New York
Chemical Bank
John A. Logan
Prof
L. ¥. Fuller
Vineland, NJ