Notre Dame London: Fischer Hall Library

Hall of mirrors :

Eichengreen, Barry J.

Hall of mirrors : the Great Depression, the great recession, and the uses-and misuses-of history / Barry Eichengreen. - vi, 512 pages ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction -- Castles in Spain Made Real -- Inflation's Shadow -- Children's Playroom -- Financialization with a Vengeance -- Flip That House -- Europe and the Euro -- The Crisis to End All Crises -- The J.P. Morgan of the South -- Shuttle Diplomacy -- Will America Topple Too? -- Largely Contained -- Out of the Shadows -- The Worst Financial Crisis Since 1933 -- The Three B's -- New Deal -- Double Dip -- Preventing the Worst -- Unconventional Policy -- Weak Soup -- The Turn to Austerity -- The Euro Crisis -- Whatever It Takes -- Conclusion.

"A brilliantly conceived dual-track account of the two greatest economic crises of the last century and their consequences"--

9780199392001 0199392005

2014012098


Depressions--1929.
Economic policy--History--20th century.
Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009.
Economic policy--History--21st century.

HB3717 1929 / .E37 2015

330.9/043