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Three days at Camp David : how a secret meeting in 1971 transformed the global economy /

The former dean of the Yale School of Management and Undersecretary of Commerce in the Clinton administration chronicles the 1971 August meeting at Camp David, where President Nixon unilaterally ended the last vestiges of the gold standard, breaking the link between gold and the dollar, transforming...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Garten, Jeffrey E., 1946- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2021]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Nixon, Richard M. > (Richard Milhous), > 1913-1994.
Monetary policy > United States > History > 20th century.
Gold standard > United States > History > 20th century.
Dollar > History > 20th century.
United States > Economic conditions > 1971-1981.
United States > Economic policy > 1971-1981.
Camp David (Md.)
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Curtain up. Richard Nixon ascending ; The economic crisis ; A run on the dollar?
  • The cast. Richard M. Nixon ; John B. Connally Jr. ; Paul A. Volcker Jr. ; Arthur F. Burns ; George P. Schultz ; Peter G. Peterson ; Other players: Paul W. McCracken and Henry A. Kissinger
  • The weekend. The wolf at the door ; Friday, August 13 ; Saturday, August 14 ; Sunday, August 15
  • The finale. The aftermath ; The finishing line ; The long view ; The weekend in retrospect.