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The money makers how Roosevelt and Keynes ended the Depression, defeated fascism, and secured a prosperous peace

"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 M...

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Main Author: Rauchway, Eric
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Book Group, [2015]
Subjects:
United States > Economic policy > 1933-1945.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. > (Franklin Delano), > 1882-1945 > Influence.
Keynes, John Maynard, > 1883-1946 > Influence.
United States > Economic conditions > 1918-1945.
United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference > (1944 : > Bretton Woods, N.H.)
Depressions > 1929 > United States.
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Summary:"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.
Physical Description:xxx, 305 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-290) and index.
ISBN:9780465049691 (hardcover)
0465049699 (hardcover)
Author Notes:Eric Rauchway is a distinguished historian and expert on the Progressive and New Deal eras at the University of California, Davis. He is the author of several acclaimed books on the subject, including The Money Makers, The Great Depression and the New Deal , and Blessed Among Nations , and has contributed to the New York Times , the Washington Post , the Financial Times , the New Republic , the Los Angeles Times, Dissent , and the American Prospect . He lives in Davis, California.

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