The Money Makers
Subtitle: How Roosevelt and Keynes Ended the Depression, Defeated Fascism, and Secured a Prosperous Peace
Publisher: Basic Books; Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Book Group
Published: Oct 27, 2015
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780465049691
Description: "With The Money Makers, Eric Rauchway tells the absorbing story of how FDR and his advisors pulled the levers of monetary policy to save the domestic economy and propel the United States to unprecedented prosperity and superpower status. Drawing on the ideas of the brilliant British economist John Maynard Keynes, among others, Roosevelt created the conditions for recovery from the Great Depression, deploying economic policy to fight the biggest threat then facing the nation: deflation,"--Amazon.com.
Notes: Source title: The Money Makers: How Roosevelt and Keynes Ended the Depression, Defeated Fascism, and Secured a Prosperous Peace