The battle of Bretton Woods

Steil, Benn.

The battle of Bretton Woods John Maynard Keynes, Harry Dexter White, and the making of a new world order / [electronic resource] : Benn Steil. - Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2013. - viii, 449 p.

"A Council on Foreign Relations Book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- The world comes to the White Mountains -- The improbable rise of Harry White -- Maynard Keynes and the monetary menace -- "The most unsordid act" -- The best-laid plans of White and Keynes -- Whitewash -- History is made -- Begging like Fala -- Out with the old order, in with the new -- Epilogue.


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Keynes, John Maynard, 1883-1946.
White, Harry Dexter, 1892-1948.


United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference Bretton Woods, N.H.) (1944 :


Monetary policy--History--20th century.
International finance--History--20th century.


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