The Great Contraction, 1929-1933 : : New Edition / / Anna Jacobson Schwartz, Milton Friedman.

Friedman and Schwartz's A Monetary History of the United States, 1867-1960, published in 1963, stands as one of the most influential economics books of the twentieth century. A landmark achievement, the book marshaled massive historical data and sharp analytics to support the claim that monetar...

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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2012]
©2008
Year of Publication:2012
Edition:New edition with a New preface by Anna Jacobson Schwartz and a new introduction by Peter L. Bernstein
Language:English
Series:Princeton Classic Editions
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Physical Description:1 online resource (320 p.) :; 8 line illus. 2 tables.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • The Great Contraction, 1929-1933
  • Book Contents
  • Preface
  • 1. The Course of Money, Income, Prices, Velocity, and Interest Rates
  • 2. Factors Accounting for Changes in the Stock of Money
  • 3. Bank Failures
  • 4. International Character of the Contraction
  • 5. Development of Monetary Policy
  • 6. Alternative Policies
  • 7. Why Was Monetary Policy So Inept?
  • Director's Comment
  • Glossary
  • Primary Sources
  • Sources of Figures