The Gold Standard Illusion: France, the Bank of France, and the International Gold Standard, 1914-1939

by Kenneth Mouré and Kenneth Mour?

Did French gold policy cause the Great Depression? The Gold Standard Illusion draws on newly-available French records to test the gold standard interpretation of the Great Depression. It provides a history of French economic understanding, policy-making, and politics with regard to gold, monetary policy, and the key role of financial problems in political instability from 1914 to 1939.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199249040
• ISBN13: 9780199249046
• Release Date: June 2002
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"