- Summary
- With penetrating insights for today, this vital history of the world economic collapse of the late 1920s offers portraits of four men--Montagu Norman, Amile Hilaire Emile Moreau, Hjalmar Horace Greeley Schacht, and Benjamin Strong--whose personal and professional actions as heads of their respective central banks changed the course of the twentieth century.
- Format
- Book
- Author/Creator
- Ahamed, Liaquat.
- Published
- New York : Penguin Press, 2009
- Contents
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pt. 1. The unexpected storm, August 1914.
Prologue
A strange and lonely man
The young wizard
A safe pair of hands
L'inspecteur des finances
Money generals
pt. 2. After the deluge, 1919-23.
Demented inspirations
Uncle Shylock
A barbarous relic
pt. 3. Sowing a new wind, 1923-28.
A bridge between chaos and hope
The Dawes opening
The golden chancellor
La Bataille
The first squalls
Un petit coup de whisky
pt. 4. Reaping another whirlwind, 1928-33.
Into the vortex
Purging the rottenness
Magneto trouble
A loose cannon on the deck of the world
Gold fetters
pt. 5. Aftermath, 1933-1944.
Gold standard on the booze
The caravans move on
Epilogue.
- Notes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 533-544) and index.
pt. 1. The unexpected storm, August 1914. -- Prologue -- A strange and lonely man -- The young wizard -- A safe pair of hands -- L'inspecteur des finances -- Money generals -- pt. 2. After the deluge, 1919-23. -- Demented inspirations -- Uncle Shylock -- A barbarous relic -- pt. 3. Sowing a new wind, 1923-28. -- A bridge between chaos and hope -- The Dawes opening -- The golden chancellor -- La Bataille -- The first squalls -- Un petit coup de whisky -- pt. 4. Reaping another whirlwind, 1928-33. -- Into the vortex -- Purging the rottenness -- Magneto trouble -- A loose cannon on the deck of the world -- Gold fetters -- pt. 5. Aftermath, 1933-1944. -- Gold standard on the booze -- The caravans move on -- Epilogue.
