England's Cross of Gold
Cornell University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5017-5842-3 (ISBN)
Following World War I, Churchill promised to restore the ancient English gold standard—and thus Britain's greatness. Keynes portended that this would prove to be one of the most momentous—and ill-advised—decisions in financial history. From the vicious peace settlement at Versailles to the Great Depression, the gold standard was central to the worst disasters of the time. Economically, Churchill's move exacerbated the difficulties of repairing economies shattered by war. Politically, it set countries at odds as each endeavored to amass gold, sowing the seeds of further strife.
England's Cross of Gold, grounded in masterful archival research, reveals that these events turned crucially on the beliefs of a handful of pivotal policymakers. It recasts the legends of Churchill, Keynes, and their collision, and it shows that the gold standard itself was a metaphysical abstraction rooted more in mythology than material reality.
James Ashley Morrison is Assistant Professor in the Department of International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He has published in International Organization, Journal of the History of Economic Thought, Comparative Political Studies, and Review of International Organizations.
Part One: Introductory
1. Genesis and Exodus: The Tragedy of England's Return to Gold
2. The Road to Calvary: From Orthodoxy to Theocracy
Part Two: Orthodoxy
3. The Cunliffe "Consensus"
4. Atop Sinai: More Heat Than Light
5. The Golden Calf: The Public Idolize Gold
6. Commandments: Defining the Law
Part Three: Mythology
7. Myths: Theirs and Ours
8. Liberalization: Implementing the Orthodoxy
9. Who Would Control Capital?
10. Keynes's Revolution
Part Four: Theocracy
11. Understanding "The Norman Conquest of $4.86"
12. Central Bankers as Saviors?
13. Indulgence
14. Deposition and Coronation
15. The Sanhedrin: Churchill's Trials
16. Judgment
Part Five: Conclusion
17. Faith in History
Erscheinungsdatum | 13.08.2021 |
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Reihe/Serie | Cornell Studies in Money |
Verlagsort | Ithaca |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Gewicht | 907 g |
Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte |
Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Wirtschaftspolitik | |
ISBN-10 | 1-5017-5842-X / 150175842X |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-5017-5842-3 / 9781501758423 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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