American Power and Policy [electronic resource] /
Leeson, R.editor.
Uses archival evidence to provide unique insights into US economics, focusing on the origins of the IMF, building a multilateral strategy for the US, the Great Inflation of the 1970s, and on Marriner S. Eccles, Lauchlin Currie, Allyn Young, John H. Williams and Arthur I. Bloomfield.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; Notes on Contributors; 1 Introduction; 2 American in the Shadows: Harry Dexter White and the Design of the International Monetary Fund; 3 Building up a Multilateral Strategy for the United States: Alvin Hansen, Jacob Viner, and the Council on Foreign Relations (1939-45); 4 A Hands-off Central Banker? Marriner S. Eccles and the Federal Reserve, 1934-51; 5 The Great Inflation of the 1970s: Evidence from the Archives; 6 An Archival Case Study: Revisiting The Life and Political Economy of Lauchlin Currie; 7 New Evidence on Allyn Young's Style and Influence as a Teacher
8 A Scholar in Action in Interwar America: John H. Williams on Trade Theory and Bretton Woods9 Shaping Monetary Constitutions for Developing Countries: Some Archival Evidence on the Bloomfield Missions to South Korea (1949-50); Name Index; Subject Index
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Uses archival evidence to provide unique insights into US economics, focusing on the origins of the IMF, building a multilateral strategy for the US, the Great Inflation of the 1970s, and on Marriner S. Eccles, Lauchlin Currie, Allyn Young, John H. Williams and Arthur I. Bloomfield.
International economics.
Economic history.
International Economics.
Economic History.