TY - BOOK AU - Garten,Jeffrey E. TI - Three days at Camp David: how a secret meeting in 1971 transformed the global economy SN - 9780062887672 AV - E855 .G375 2021 U1 - 973.924 23 PY - 2021///] CY - New York, NY PB - Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers KW - Nixon, Richard M. KW - Monetary policy KW - United States KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Gold standard KW - Dollar KW - Politique monétaire KW - États-Unis KW - Histoire KW - 20e siècle KW - Étalon-or KW - fast KW - Economic history KW - Economic policy KW - Economic conditions KW - 1971-1981 KW - Camp David (Md.) KW - Conditions économiques KW - Politique économique KW - Maryland KW - Camp David N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-424) and index; 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 N2 - "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"-- ER -