American Default : The Untold Story of FDR, the Supreme Court, and the Battle over Gold /

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"The untold story of how FDR did the unthinkable to save the American economy. The American economy is strong in large part because nobody believes that America would ever default on its debt. Yet in 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt did just that, when in a bid to pull the country out of depression,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Edwards, Sebastian, 1953- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2018]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Depreciation.
Default (Finance)
New Deal, 1933-1939
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economic History.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Reference.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > General.
New Deal.
Defaillance (Finances)
Depreciation > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Depreciation > United States > History > 20th century.
New Deal, 1933-1939.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • 1. Gold and the Professors
  • 2. A Tragic Disaster
  • 3. The Quest for Money
  • 4. A National Calamity
  • 5. Moderate Inflation Is Necessary and Desirable
  • 6. A Transfer of Wealth to the Debtor Class
  • 7. The Gold Clause Is Gone
  • 8. A London Interlude
  • 9. Order in Place of Chaos
  • 10. The Gold-Buying Program
  • 11. The Path to the Supreme Court
  • 12. Nine Old Men and Gold
  • 13. Embarrassment and Confusion
  • 14. The Waiting Game
  • 15. The Decisions, at Last
  • 16. Consequences
  • 17. Could It Happen Again?
  • Appendix. George F. Warren versus Irving Fisher's Plans for the Dollar.

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