| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 449 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction -- The world comes to the White Mountains -- The improbable rise of Harry White -- Maynard Keynes and the monetary menace -- "The most unsordid act" -- The best-laid plans of White and Keynes -- Whitewash -- History is made -- Begging like Fala -- Out with the old order, in with the new -- Epilogue |
| Summary |
When turmoil strikes world monetary and financial markets, leaders invariably call for 'a new Bretton Woods' to prevent catastrophic economic disorder and defuse political conflict. The name of the remote New Hampshire town where representatives of forty-four nations gathered in July 1944, in the midst of the century's second great war, has become shorthand for enlightened globalization. The actual story surrounding the historic Bretton Woods accords, however, is full of startling drama, intrigue, and rivalry, which are vividly brought to life in Benn Steil's epic account |
| Notes |
"A Council on Foreign Relations Book." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Keynes, John Maynard, 1883-1946.
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White, Harry Dexter, 1892-1948.
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| SUBJECT |
White, Harry Dexter, 1892-1948
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Keynes, John Maynard, 1883-1946
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Keynes, John Maynard, 1883-1946 fast |
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White, Harry Dexter, 1892-1948 fast |
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United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference (1944 : Bretton Woods, N.H.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83146034
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United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference fast |
| Subject |
Monetary policy -- History -- 20th century
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International finance -- History -- 20th century
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- Macroeconomics.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Economic Conditions.
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HISTORY -- Modern -- 20th Century.
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Système monétaire international.
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Politique monétaire.
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Histoire économique.
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FMI.
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Finances internationales.
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International finance
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Monetary policy
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Bretton Woods overeenkomsten.
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Internationale orde.
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Diplomatieke betrekkingen.
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2012035709 |
| ISBN |
9781400846573 |
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1400846579 |
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9781299051300 |
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1299051308 |
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