The Great Depression an international disaster of perverse economic policies - Hall, Thomas E., (Thomas Emerson) (University of Michigan Press, 1998)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-188) and index
l. What happened? -- 2. Payback Time? They were the good old days. Problems ahead? The federal reserve's reaction -- 3. The gold standard. How the gold standard was set up. Determination of the money supply under the gold standard. International implications. What if the rules were broken? -- 4. International considerations. Britan. Germany. France. -- 5. The start of the great depression, 1929-30. Monetary policy and the stock market. 1930. -- 6. Sowing the seeds of disaster. The real bills doctrine. The worldwide depression. -- 7. The make-or-break year. The slide continues. The world financial crisis. Britain's decision. Runs on the yen and dollar. Bagehot's advice
8. More bank failures, 1932-33. 505 0 Herbert Hoover. The open market purchase program. The final wave of bank failures. A weak reed to lean on. Germany: too little, too late. -- 9. Economic recovery: the early years of the new deal. Goals of the new deal. Banking and finance. Wages and prices. Relief for the impoverished. -- 10. Germany: recovery, but at a very high cost. Unemployment policy. Autarky. Militarization. -- 11. The second new deal and the 1937-38 recession. Labor. Social Security. The Revenue acts of 1935 and 1936. A stronger recovery. Excess reserves and the second recession, 1937-38
12. It's finally over. Monetary policy. War in Europe and the U.S. defense buildup. Cost of the depression. Influence on economic thought. Lasting impact of the depression -- 13. A summing up; and could it happen again? Answers to questions posed earlier. Could it happen again?
Keywords: 1918 - 1945; Geschichte 1929-1939; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Microeconomics; Depressions; Economic history; International economic relations; De Crisis; Weltwirtschaftskrise (1929-1932); Weltwirtschaft; Wirtschaft; Wirtschaft. Geschichte; Depressions -- 1929 -- United States; Depressions -- 1929 -- Europe; Wirtschaftsbeziehungen; Wirtschaftspolitik; Weltwirtschaftskrise -- 1929-1932; Europa; USA