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The Great Depression: An International Disaster of Perverse Economic Policies » (1st Edition)

Book cover image of The Great Depression: An International Disaster of Perverse Economic Policies by Thomas E. Hall

Authors: Thomas E. Hall, J. David Ferguson, J. David Ferguson
ISBN-13: 9780472066674, ISBN-10: 0472066676
Format: Paperback
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Date Published: May 1998
Edition: 1st Edition

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Author Biography: Thomas E. Hall

Book Synopsis

A concise analysis of the economic policy mistakes that led to the Great Depression and the consequences that followed

Table of Contents

Preface
Great Depression Timeline
1What Happened?1
2Payback Time?17
3The Gold Standard31
4International Considerations43
5The Start of the Great Depression, 1929-3063
6Sowing the Seeds of Disaster75
71931: The Make-or-Break Year91
8More Bank Failures, 1932-33103
9Economic Recovery: The Early Years of the New Deal113
10Germany: Recovery, but at a Very High Cost131
11The Second New Deal and the 1937-38 Recession141
12It's Finally Over153
13A Summing Up; and Could It Happen Again?161
Notes167
Glossary175
Bibliography181
Index189

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