The SEC finally steps into the ring for the Climate fight

By |2022-04-06T13:12:16-07:00March 25th, 2022|Banking, Business News, Carbon Emissions, Climate Change, Climate Disclosures, Corporate Actions, Cost of Carbon Emissions, Divestment from Fossil Fuels, Energy, Environmental Reporting, ESG Factors, Fiduciary Duty Standards, Financial Institutions, Fossil Fuel Free investing, Institutional Investors, Investment in the future, Money Management, Mutual Funds, Risk Reduction, Securities & Exchange Commission, Shareholder Rights|

SEC Issues Trailblazing Climate Disclosure Proposal At long last, after studying the issue for many years, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has finally released its long-awaited proposal to require companies to disclose their climate risks to investors. These proposed rules (neatly summarized in a 506 page notice) will require all publicly traded companies to disclose both their greenhouse [...]

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Dr. Tiemann scheduled to teach 3rd case study for Oxford University

By |2022-03-04T00:11:52-08:00February 28th, 2022|Archival research, Banking, California History, Gold Rush, international Finance|

Dr. Tiemann's Russian-American Co. and Alaskan fur rush research will be taught at the Global History of Capitalism project at Oxford in June 2022 Dr. Tiemann has written and will be teaching his third Oxford Case study on the topic of "The Alaskan fur rush and the Russian-American Company," in partnership with Dr. Christopher McKenna for the Global [...]

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Dr. Tiemann on Fort Ross Dialogue Panel

By |2021-11-04T21:31:58-07:00November 2nd, 2021|Archival research, Banking, California History, Gold Rush, international Finance|

On November 2, Dr Tiemann participated in a panel discussion for the Fort Ross Dialogue, the annual policy and history conference of the Fort Ross Conservancy, on the Pacific coast in Sonoma County, California. Dr Tiemann and Professor Christopher McKenna, of the University of Oxford, talk about Dr Tiemann’s research on the economic history of California in the first half of the 19th century.

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Dr. Tiemann teaches 2nd Gold Rush case study for Oxford University

By |2021-05-10T21:09:10-07:00May 10th, 2021|Archival research, Banking, California History, Gold Rush, international Finance|

Dr. Tiemann's Gold Rush research provides instruction for the Global History of Capitalism project at Oxford Dr. Tiemann has written and will be teaching his second Oxford Case study on the topic of "Discounting gold: Money and banking in Gold Rush Californi, in partnership with Dr. Christopher McKenna for the Global History of Capital Project.  Dr. Tiemann has [...]

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Dr. Tiemann’s Gold Rush research featured by California Historical Society

By |2020-08-08T14:47:14-07:00July 23rd, 2020|Archival research, Banking, California History, Gold Rush, TIA|

California Historical Society blog features Dr. Tiemann's research Dr. Tiemann has devoted much of his spare time researching, reading and exploring archival materials about how banking emerged during the years both prior to as well as during the California Gold Rush.  In the course of his research, he has dug deep into both the Huntington Library and the [...]

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Cattle Hides to Crimean War

By |2019-03-20T23:38:57-07:00March 20th, 2019|Banking, Business News, California History, Financial Health, Gold Rush, TIA|

Dr. Tiemann presents  a California Gold Rush talk to the Fellowship Forum Dr. Tiemann was the invited speaker at the Fellowship Forum in Palo Alto on March 19, 2019. This is a local group that meets weekly to hear speakers on a variety of topics. Dr. Tiemann spoke about banking in early California history, both before and after the Gold [...]

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The Adams Express Company – A Gold Rush Banking story

By |2019-03-06T22:03:04-08:00February 28th, 2019|Banking, Business News, California History, Fiduciary Duty Standards, Financial Health, TIA|

A history of how a shipping company becomes a bank Dr. Tiemann was the invited speaker at the Rotary Club of San Mateo on February. His talk was entitled “Banking in Gold Rush California — The Adams Express Company.” In this talk, Dr. Tiemann explores the story of the Adams Express Company — the largest express company and second-largest bank [...]

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Why the Debt Ceiling Matters — and What to do About It

By |2019-02-09T13:17:07-08:00February 5th, 2019|Banking, California History, Congress, Debt Ceiling, Federal Reserve, Financial Health, Fiscal Policy, Government shutdown, Treasury Department|

Dr. Tiemann presented a talk at the Business Management Discussion Group on Monday, February 4th in Santa Monica, California entitled “Why the Debt Ceiling Matters - and What to do About It.”

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Globalization 1855: How the Crimean War Upended Banking in Gold Rush San Francisco

By |2019-03-20T11:27:40-07:00July 20th, 2018|Banking, California History, Monetary Policy|

Dr. Tiemann has begun to research California banking history and to present his findings in talks, such as one given at the Huntington Library in July 2018 entitled "Globalization 1855: How the Crimean War Upended Banking in Gold Rush San Francisco."

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Are Banks Necessary?

By |2018-12-20T20:21:54-08:00November 29th, 2017|Banking, California History, Crypto-currency, TIA, Trade & Commerce|

In today's increasingly digital economy, we can get through our day without ever having to touch cash, write a check or go to a bank. The question of what "money" is emerges as we consider what the relative advantages and disadvantages are of maintaining all of our transactions through electronic systems. Bitcoin poses yet additional challenges for those who believe [...]

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