Describes what life was like for American women in the 1920s and 1930s, discussing such aspects as family life; working life; their involvement in education, science, politics, sports, and the arts; and the lives of minority women.
The experience of the Economic Advisory Council provides the relevant policy background to the Keynesian revolution in economic theory, and to the adoption of the principles of economic management in Britain during the second world war. This study of this pioneering advisory ins…
"With penetrating insights for today, this vital history of the world economic collapse of the late 1920s offers portraits of four men--Montagu Norman, Amile Hilaire Emile Moreau, Hjalmar Horace Greeley Schacht, and Benjamin Strong--whose personal and professional actions as hea…
With penetrating insights for today, this vital history of the world economic collapse of the late 1920s offers portraits of four men--Montagu Norman, Amile Hilaire Emile Moreau, Hjalmar Horace Greeley Schacht, and Benjamin Strong--whose personal and professional actions as head…
The two great financial crises of the past century are the Great Depression of the 1930s and the Great Recession, which began in 2008. Both occurred against the backdrop of sharp credit booms, dubious banking practices, and a fragile and unstable global financial system. When ma…
"A brilliantly conceived dual-track account of the two greatest economic crises of the last century and their consequences."
El libro nos presenta la historia de las dos crisis financieras y económicas más grandes de la historia: La Gran Depresión de 1930 y la gran recesión que comenzó en 2008. El autor analiza cómo la primera gran crisis ha influido en el tipo de políticas tomadas para atajar esta se…
El libro nos presenta la historia de las dos crisis financieras y económicas más grandes de la historia: La Gran Depresión de 1930 y la gran recesión que comenzó en 2008. El autor analiza cómo la primera gran crisis ha influido en el tipo de políticas tomadas para atajar esta se…
"There have been two global financial crises in the past century: the Great Depression of the 1930s and the Great Recession that began in 2008. Both featured loose credit, precarious real estate and stock market bubbles, suspicious banking practices, an inflexible monetary syste…