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Publisher
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Pub. Date
c1992
Description
Milton Friedman demonstrates through historical events the mischief that can result from misunderstanding the monetary system; how, for example, the work of two obscure Scottish chemists destroyed the presidential prospects of William Jennings Bryan, and how Franklin D. Roosevelt's decision to appease a few senators from the American West helped communism triumph in China. He discusses the creation of value, from stones to feathers to gold. He outlines...
Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
c2013
Description
"Winner of the 2013 Spear's Book Award in Financial History" "Co-Winner of the 2014 Bronze Medal in Economics, Axiom Business Book Awards" "One of The Motley Fool's (John Reeves) 10 Great Books on American Economic History 2014" "One of Financial Times (FT.com) Best History Books of 2013" "One of Bloomberg News' Top Business Books of 2013" "One of Kirkus Reviews' Best Nonfiction Books of the Year for 2013 in Business and Economics" "One of Bloomberg/Businessweek...
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Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
The meeting of world leaders at Bretton Woods in 1944 was the only time countries from around the world agreed to overhaul the structure of the international monetary system. The system they set up presided over the longest, strongest, and most stable period of growth the world economy has ever seen. At the very heart of the conference was the love-hate relationship between the Briton John Maynard Keynes, the greatest economist of his day, and his...
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