The battle of Bretton Woods : John Maynard Keynes, Harry Dexter White, and the making of a new world order / Benn Steil.
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TextPublisher: Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2013Description: viii, 449 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780691149097 (hbk. : acidfree paper)Subject(s): Keynes, John Maynard, 1883-1946 | White, Harry Dexter, 1892-1948 | United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference (1944 : Bretton Woods, N.H.) | Monetary policy -- History -- 20th century | International finance -- History -- 20th centuryDDC classification: 339.5/3 LOC classification: HG255 | .S837 2013| Item type | Current location | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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"A Council on Foreign Relations Book."
Includes bibliographical references (p. [407]-426) and index.
Introduction -- The world comes to the White Mountains -- The improbable rise of Harry White -- Maynard Keynes and the monetary menace -- "The most unsordid act" -- The best-laid plans of White and Keynes -- Whitewash -- History is made -- Begging like Fala -- Out with the old order, in with the new.
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