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1 online resource |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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l. What happened? -- 2. Payback Time? They were the good old days. Problems ahead? The federal reserve's reaction -- 3. The gold standard. How the gold standard was set up. Determination of the money supply under the gold standard. International implications. What if the rules were broken? -- 4. International considerations. Britan. Germany. France. -- 5. The start of the great depression, 1929-30. Monetary policy and the stock market. 1930. -- 6. Sowing the seeds of disaster. The real bills doctrine. The worldwide depression. -- 7. The make-or-break year. The slide continues. The world financial crisis. Britain's decision. Runs on the yen and dollar. Bagehot's advice. |
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8. More bank failures, 1932-33. 505 0 Herbert Hoover. The open market purchase program. The final wave of bank failures. A weak reed to lean on. Germany: too little, too late. -- 9. Economic recovery: the early years of the new deal. Goals of the new deal. Banking and finance. Wages and prices. Relief for the impoverished. -- 10. Germany: recovery, but at a very high cost. Unemployment policy. Autarky. Militarization. -- 11. The second new deal and the 1937-38 recession. Labor. Social Security. The Revenue acts of 1935 and 1936. A stronger recovery. Excess reserves and the second recession, 1937-38. |
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12. It's finally over. Monetary policy. War in Europe and the U.S. defense buildup. Cost of the depression. Influence on economic thought. Lasting impact of the depression -- 13. A summing up; and could it happen again? Answers to questions posed earlier. Could it happen again? |
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| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Depressions -- 1929 -- United States.
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Depressions. |
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1929 |
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United States. |
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Depressions -- 1929 -- Europe.
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Europe. |
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Europe -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1945.
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Economic conditions. |
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1918-1945 |
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United States -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1945.
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International economic relations.
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International economic relations. |
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Economic history. |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- Microeconomics. |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- General. |
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Electronic books.
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Ferguson, J. David, 1940- author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Great Depression Ann Arbor : The University of Michigan Press, [1998] 0472096672 (acid-free) (DLC) 97021196 |
| ISBN |
9780472023325 ebook |
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0472023322 ebook |
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9780472066674 paperback : acid free |
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0472066676 paperback : acid-free |
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9780472096671 paperback : acid free |
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0472096672 acid-free |
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1282437690 |
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9781282437692 |
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9786612437694 |
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6612437693 |
| Standard No. |
10.3998/mpub.11061 |
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