Garten, Jeffrey E.,  1946- <br/><br/>
Three days at Camp David :  how a secret meeting in 1971 transformed the global economy  
 3 days at Camp David 
Jeffrey E. Garten. 
 - First edition. 
 - New York, NY :  Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers,  [2021] 
 - 435 pages :  illustrations ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-424) and index. 
<br/><br/> Introduction --  Curtain up.  Richard Nixon ascending ;  The economic crisis ;  A run on the dollar? --  The cast.  Richard M. Nixon ;  John B. Connally Jr. ;  Paul A. Volcker Jr. ;  Arthur F. Burns ;  George P. Schultz ;  Peter G. Peterson ;  Other players: Paul W. McCracken and Henry A. Kissinger --  The weekend.  The wolf at the door ;  Friday, August 13 ;  Saturday, August 14 ;  Sunday, August 15 --  The finale.  The aftermath ;  The finishing line ;  The long view ;  The weekend in retrospect. 
<br/><br/> "The former dean of the Yale School of Management and Undersecretary of Commerce in the Clinton administration chronicles the 1971 August meeting at Camp David, where President Nixon unilaterally ended the last vestiges of the gold standard--breaking the link between gold and the dollar--transforming the entire global monetary system"-- 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780062887672 006288767X 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2022276103 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Nixon, Richard M. 1913-1994. <br/>Nixon, Richard M. 1913-1994. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Chronological Terms: </label><br/>1900-1999 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Monetary policy--History--United States--20th century.<br/>Gold standard--History--United States--20th century.<br/>Dollar--History--20th century.<br/>Politique monétaire--Histoire--États-Unis--20e siècle.<br/>Étalon-or--Histoire--États-Unis--20e siècle.<br/>Dollar--Histoire--20e siècle.<br/>Dollar.<br/>Economic history.<br/>Economic policy.<br/>Gold standard.<br/>Monetary policy.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Economic conditions--1971-1981.<br/>United States--Economic policy--1971-1981.<br/>Camp David (Md.)<br/>États-Unis--Conditions économiques--1971-1981.<br/>États-Unis--Politique économique--1971-1981.<br/>Maryland--Camp David.<br/>United States.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>History.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>E855  / .G375 2021 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>973.924  / GAR