The World in Depression, 1929-1939
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.51 (992 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0520275853 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 344 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-12-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Important work on the Great Depression." according to Stergios D. Marangos. The main problem in most analyses of the Great Depression in the United States lays in the fact that most information regarding the global economy as a whole, and the actors there within, is largely omitted along with the political atmosphere and dominant social structures at the time - The effects . ""The" Depression Book" according to T. Shields. This book was regarded by Galbraith as the best of Depression era books. Updated not too many years before his death, Kindleberger gives a detailed account of the depression. His view differs from both Keynesian and Friedman's views. He also spells out real fact that Hoover was not as cluelss as oft. "Very Useful; Very Useful; 4.5 Stars R. Albin Written a generation ago, this concise and well written book is still regarded as the best single monograph on the Great Depression of the 1930s. Kindleberger provides a nice description of the major economic and financial events involved in the Great Depression coupled with a generally convincing a. .5 Stars" according to R. Albin. Written a generation ago, this concise and well written book is still regarded as the best single monograph on the Great Depression of the 19Very Useful; Very Useful; 4.5 Stars R. Albin Written a generation ago, this concise and well written book is still regarded as the best single monograph on the Great Depression of the 1930s. Kindleberger provides a nice description of the major economic and financial events involved in the Great Depression coupled with a generally convincing a. .5 Stars Written a generation ago, this concise and well written book is still regarded as the best single monograph on the Great Depression of the 1930s. Kindleberger provides a nice description of the major economic and financial events involved in the Great Depression coupled with a generally convincing a. 0s. Kindleberger provides a nice description of the major economic and financial events involved in the Great Depression coupled with a generally convincing a
-- Times Literary Supplement. The finest analytical account of the run-up to the Great Depression and the ensuing run-down from it into mild recovery and eventual world war. This brilliant book remains a carefully documented admonition to our leading spirits to look to the ends of what they are currently about
In this magisterial account of the Great Depression, MIT economist Charles Kindleberger emphasizes three factors that continue to shape global financial markets: panic, the power of contagion, and importance of hegemony. Bradford DeLong, this masterpiece of economic history shows why U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers, during the darkest hours of the 2008 global financial crisis, turned to Kindleberger and his peers for guidance.. Eichengreen and J. Reissued on its fortieth anniversary with a new foreword by Barry J