Golden fetters : the gold standard and the Great Depression, 1919-1939 /

Eichengreen argues that the gold standard of the 1920s set the stage for the Depression of the 1930s by heightening the fragility of the international financial system, and was the mechanism that transmitted the destabilizing impulse from the USA to the rest of the world.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Eichengreen, Barry J. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1992.
Series:NBER series on long-term factors in economic development.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:Eichengreen argues that the gold standard of the 1920s set the stage for the Depression of the 1930s by heightening the fragility of the international financial system, and was the mechanism that transmitted the destabilizing impulse from the USA to the rest of the world.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xix, 448 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-425) and index.
ISBN:9780199879137
0199879133
0195101138
9780195101133
9780199869626
0199869626