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Author Anderson, Benjamin M. (Benjamin McAlester), 1886-1949.

Title Economics and the public welfare : a financial and economic history of the United States, 1914-1946 / Benjamin M. Anderson
Edition Second edition
Published Indianapolis : Liberty Press, 1979

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Contents Benjamin M. Anderson, Economics and the Public Welfare -- Front Matter -- Title Page -- Copyright Details -- Table of Contents, p. 5 -- Foreword by Arthur Kemp, p. 9 -- Preface, p. 13 -- Economics and the Public Welfare -- Part I. World War I -- The Prewar World, 1913, p. 21 -- The Outbreak of the War in 1914, p. 25 -- The War Prosperity, p. 36 -- Physical Volume of Production and Constitution, 1914-22, p. 39 -- Index Numbers of Wages Per Hour and Wholesale Prices in the United States, p. 41 -- Our War Economic Policy, p. 44
The Federal Reserve System, 1914-18, p. 55 Part II. The Postwar Boom, Crisis, and Revival, 1919-23, p. 59 -- The Postwar Boom, 1919-20, p. 61 -- The Causes of the Crisis of 1920, p. 70 -- The Crisis -- 1920-21, p. 80 -- The Rapid Revival -- August 1921 to March 1923, p. 90 -- The Government's Contribution to the Revival, 1921-23, p. 92 -- The Money Market, 1920-23 -- Renewed Bank Expansion, p. 95 -- Our Foreign Policy, 1919-24, p. 100 -- Germany, 1918-24, p. 106 -- France, 1918-24, p. 112 -- The Dawes Plan, p. 115
Part III. The First Phase of the New Deal, 1924-32, p. 123 Depression and Rally of 1924 -- The Beginning of the New Deal, p. 125 -- Money, Bank, Credit, and Capital, p. 131 -- The Extent of Bank Expansion, 1922-28, p. 144 -- The Causes of and the Responsibility for the Excess Reserves, p. 151 -- Germany, 1924-28, p. 158 -- France, 1925-26, p. 164 -- Great Britain, 1925-27, p. 171 -- The De Facto Stabilization of the Franc, and the Gold Exchange Standard, p. 177
The Consequences of the Cheap Money Policy in the United States Down to the Summer of 1927, p. 182 The Conference of Governors and the Intensification of Cheap Money, 1927, p. 188 -- The Stock Market Boom, 1927-29, p. 192 -- Mob Mind in 1928-29, p. 203 -- The Effect on Europe of Tight Money in the United States in 1929, p. 205 -- The New Era, and the Precautions of the Commecial Banks in New York, p. 209 -- The Stock Market Crash of 1929, p. 215 -- The New Deal in 1929-30, p. 224 -- Late 1930 -- Hitler Gains; Bank of United States Crashes, p. 231
The Tragic Year -- 1931, p. 235 1931 Continued -- England's Abandonment of the Gold Standard, p. 246 -- The Year 1931 Continued -- The First Foreign Run on the Gold of the United States, p. 257 -- The Year 1932, p. 268 -- The Upturn in the Summer of 1932 -- Five Favorable Developments, p. 273 -- The Impact of Politics on the 1932 Revival, p. 277 -- The Banking Holiday, p. 285 -- The Intergovernmental Debts, p. 291 -- Part IV. The New Deal in Maturity, 1933-39, p. 297 -- My Father Also Chastised You with Whips, but I Will Chastise You with Scorpions, p. 299
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Reference.
Economic history
Economische situatie.
SUBJECT United States -- Economic conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140020
United States -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1945. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140023
Subject United States
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781614877691
1614877696