The World Economy and National Economies in the Interwar Slump

The functioning of the gold standard has recently been at the heart of explanations of the interwar depression, particularly as a result of the research of Professors Barry Eichengreen and Peter Temin. In The World Economy and National Economies in the Interwar Slump the interaction between the gold...

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Other Authors: Balderston, Theo (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London Palgrave Macmillan UK 2003, 2003
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:The functioning of the gold standard has recently been at the heart of explanations of the interwar depression, particularly as a result of the research of Professors Barry Eichengreen and Peter Temin. In The World Economy and National Economies in the Interwar Slump the interaction between the gold standard and the Great Depression in seven countries is examined by an international team of economists and economic historians. The editor's introduction critically evaluates the Eichengreen-Temin thesis and Eichengreen and Temin themselves contribute an Afterword
Physical Description:XII, 226 p online resource
ISBN:9780230536685