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050 00 HC286.3 |b.T3195 2013
100 1  Taylor, Fred, |d1947-
245 14 The downfall of money : |bGermany's hyperinflation and the destruction of the middle class / |cFrederick Taylor.
250    First U.S. edition.
264  1 New York : |bBloomsbury Press, |c2013.
300    416 pages : |billustrations ; |c25 cm
336    text |2rdacontent
337    unmediated |2rdamedia
338    volume |2rdacarrier
520    "A hundred years ago, many theorists believed--just as they did at the beginning of our twenty-first century--that the world had reached a state of economic perfection, a never before seen human interdependence that would lead to universal growth and prosperity. Then, as now, the German mark was one of the most trusted currencies in the world. Yet the early years of the Weimar Republic in Germany witnessed the most calamitous meltdown of a developed economy in modern times. The Downfall of Money will tell anew the dramatic story of the hyperinflation that saw the mark--worth 4.2 to the dollar in 1914--plunge until it traded at over 4 trillion to 1 by the autumn of 1923. The story of the Weimar Republic's financial crisis clearly resonates today, when the world is again anxious about what money is, what it means, and how we can judge if its value is true. It is a trajectory of events uncomfortably relevant for our own uncertain world. Frederick Taylor--one of the leading historians of Germany writing today-- explores the causes of the crisis and what the collapse meant to ordinary people and traces its connection to the dark decades that followed. Drawing on a wide range of sources and accessibly presenting vast amounts of research, The Downfall of Money is a timely and chilling exploration of a haunting episode in history"-- |cProvided by publisher.
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-398) and index.
505 0  Introduction -- Finding the Money for the End of the World -- Loser Pays All -- From Triumph to Disaster -- 'I Hate the Social Revolution like Sin' -- Salaries Are Still Being Paid -- Fourteen Points -- Bloodhounds -- Diktat -- Social Peace at Any Price? -- Consequences -- Putsch -- The Rally -- Goldilocks and the Mark -- Boom -- No More Heroes -- Fear -- Losers -- Kicking Germany When She's Down -- Führer -- 'It Is Too Much' -- The Starving Billionaires -- Desperate Measures -- Everone Wants a Dictator -- Breaking the Fever -- Bail-out -- Afterword: Why a German Trauma?
591    Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024
651  0 Germany |xEconomic conditions |y1918-1945.
650  0 Inflation (Finance) |zGermany |xHistory |y20th century.
650  0 Financial crises |zGermany |xHistory |y20th century.
651  0 Germany |xPolitics and government |y1918-1933.
651  0 Germany |xSocial conditions |y1918-1933.
651  0 Germany |xHistory |y1918-1933.
856 42  |3Cover image |uhttp://www.netread.com/jcusers2/bk1388/368/9781620402368/image/lgcover.9781620402368.jpg
852 0   |bstacks |hHC286.3 |i.T3195 2013