Third Report on the Public Credit

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Third Report on the Public Credit is Alexander Hamilton’s influential 1791 Treasury report to the U.S. Congress advocating federal support for manufacturing and industrial development as key to the nation’s economic strength.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Treasury report
economic policy document
government report
advocates diversified national economy
strong central government role in the economy
aimsTo promote national economic independence
strengthen national economic power
alsoKnownAs Report on Manufactures
associatedWith Federalist Party
United States economic history
author Alexander Hamilton
centralTheme manufacturing as key to national prosperity
relationship between agriculture and manufacturing
role of government in economic development
commissionedBy United States Congress NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
dateOfPresentation 1791
genre economic report
governmentBody United States Department of the Treasury
hasAuthorialPosition favors encouragement of domestic industry over reliance on imports
supports active federal economic intervention
historicalPeriod Early American Republic
influenced American industrial policy
Hamiltonian economic thought
language English
legalStatus official government document
officeOfAuthor United States Secretary of the Treasury
partOf Hamiltonian economic program
predecessor First Report on the Public Credit
Second Report on the Public Credit
presentedBy Alexander Hamilton
presentedTo United States Congress
proposesPolicy encouragement of domestic manufactures
federal support for manufacturing
government subsidies to industry
protective tariffs
publicationYear 1791
subject bounties and subsidies
economic development
industrial development
manufacturing policy
protectionism
public finance
tariff policy
trade policy

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Report on Manufactures
alsoKnownAs

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