Research Goal/Purpose

[liaochris]

Requires further thinking
jesse says that economic history papers typically are relevant because they have some sort of policy relevance. some traits that require us to look to history include

1. long-term effects - can't study the present because they aren't long-term enough
2. rarity/case study examples: example, Recessions - good that they don’t happen all the time for people but analytically it makes it harder to study them so have to look to history

For this project, policy relevance - tells us something about establishing a nation's credit- but what specifically? might be more clear as we explore the topic more