The story of silver : how the white metal shaped America and the modern world /

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How silver influenced two hundred years of world history, and why it matters today. This is the story of silver's transformation from soft money during the nineteenth century to hard asset today, and how manipulations of the white metal by American president Franklin D. Roosevelt during the 193...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Silber, William L. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2019]
Temas:
Silver > History.
Silver industry > History.
Mines and mineral resources > Economic aspects.
Argent > Histoire.
Argent > Industrie > Histoire.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Reference.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Banks & Banking.
Silver.
Silver industry.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : obsession
  • Hamilton's design
  • Solving the crime of 1873
  • Free silver
  • Seeds of Roosevelt's manipulation
  • FDR promotes silver
  • Silver subsidy
  • China and America collide
  • Bombshell in Shanghai
  • Silver lining
  • Costly victory
  • JFK's double cross
  • LBJ nails the coffin shut
  • Psychiatrist's meltdown
  • Battle lines
  • Nelson Bunker Hunt
  • Heavyweight fight
  • Saudi connection
  • Silver soars
  • Collapse
  • The trial
  • Buffett's manipulation?
  • Message from Omaha
  • The past informs the future.

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