The Downfall of Money: Germany's Hyperinflation and the Destruction of the Middle Class
"Taylor (Dresden) adds to a solid body of work on 20th-century Germany with this chilling account of the human face of hyperinflation in the 1920s Weimar Republic." –Publishers Weekly“A well-organized, fast-moving political narrative…Taylor’s history provides plenty of relevant lessons for today—and not only for Europe.” –Kirkus Reviews"Excellent...By skillfully weaving together economic history with political narrative and drawing on sources from everyday life as well as the inner cabinet of diplomacy, Mr. Taylor tells the history of the Weimar inflation as the life-and-death struggle of the first German democracy...This is a dramatic story, well told." - Adam Tooze,The Wall Street Journal“The British historian Frederick Taylor has written so brilliantly and incisively about Adolf Hitler that it is no surprise that he has turned his attention to the German economic meltdown…Mr. Taylor’s book, ‘Exorcising Hitler,’ proved the author’s prowess at social and political historiography and a magnificent grasp of Germany as a whole. ‘The Downfall of Money’ demonstrates that superb attunement to Germany anew and also [Taylor’s] mastery as an economic historian….Firmly and rightly grounded in its own time and place, ‘The Downfall of Money’ nonetheless resonates in our own.” –Martin Rubin,The Washington Times