Ben S. Bernanke

Essays on the Great Depression

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Few periods in history compare to the Great Depression. Stock market crashes, bread lines, bank runs, and wild currency speculation were worldwide phenomena--all occurring with war looming in the background. This period has provided economists with a marvelous laboratory for studying the links between economic policies and institutions and economic performance. Here, Ben Bernanke has gathered together his essays on why the Great Depression was so devastating. This broad view shows us that while the Great Depression was an unparalleled disaster, some economies pulled up faster than others, and some made an opportunity out of it. By comparing a… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-691-11820-8
EAN: 9780691118208
Produktnummer: 1637891
Verlag: Princeton University Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
Seitenangabe: 320 S.
Masse: H23.5 cm x B15.5 cm x D2.1 cm 456 g
Abbildungen: 48 tables, 11 line illus.
Gewicht: 456
Sonstiges: Tertiary Education (US: College)

Über den Autor

Ben S. Bernanke is a member of the Board of Governors of the U.S. Federal Reserve System. He is on leave from Princeton University, where he is the Howard Harrison and Gabrielle Snyder Beck Professor of Economics and Public Affairs. He is author of many publications and coauthor of the recent Princeton University Press book, Inflation Targeting: Lessons from the International Experience.