Golden Fetters The Gold Standard and the Great Depression, 1919-1939 |
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| Author:
| Eichengreen, Barry |
| Series title: | NBER Series on Long-Term Factors in Economic Development Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-506431-5 |
| Publication Date: | May 1992 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $179.05 |
Book Description:
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Barry Eichengreen presents a new analysis of the Depression by exploring the link between global economic crisis and the the gold standard (the framework for international monetary affairs until 1931). The events described had a profound effect upon twentieth-century history: the Depression abetted the rise of Hitler and the demise of the gold standard is a historical cause of inflation.
Barry Eichengreen presents a new analysis of the Depression by exploring the link between global economic crisis and the the gold standard (the framework for international monetary affairs until 1931). The events described had a profound effect upon twentieth-century history: the Depression abetted the rise of Hitler and the demise of the gold standard is a historical cause of inflation.