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Essays on the Great Depression

Summary: Few periods in history compare to the Great Depression. Stock market crashes, bread lines, bank runs, and wild currency speculation were worldwide phenomena--all occurring with war looming in the background. This period has provided economists with a marvelous laboratory for studying the links between economic policies and institutions and economic performance. Here, Ben Bernanke has gathered together his essays on why the Great Depression was so devastating. This broad view shows us that while the Great Depression was an unparalleled disaster, some economies pulled up faster than others, and some made an opportunity out of it. By comparing and contrasting the economic strategies and statistics of the world's nations as they struggled to survive economically, the fundamental lessons of macroeconomics stand out in bold relief against a background of immense human suffering. The essays in this volume present a uniquely coherent view of the economic causes and worldwide propagation of the depression.

Record details

ISBN: 9786612935176
ISBN: 9786612087172
ISBN: 9781400820276
ISBN: 9781282935174
ISBN: 9781282087170
ISBN: 9780691259666
ISBN: 9780691254135
ISBN: 6612935170
ISBN: 661208717X
ISBN: 1400820278
ISBN: 1282935178
ISBN: 1282087177
ISBN: 0691259666
ISBN: 0691254133
Physical Description: 1 online resource (320 pages) : illustrations
remote
Computer data.
Edition: Course book.
Publisher: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2000]
Copyright: �2000

Content descriptions

General Note:	CatMonthString:january.24 Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- One. The Macroeconomics of the Great Depression: A Comparative Approach -- Two. Nonmonetary Effects of the Financial Crisis in the Propagation of the Great Depression -- Three. The Gold Standard, Deflation, and Financial Crisis in the Great Depression: An International Comparison -- Four. Deflation and Monetary Contraction in the Great Depression: An Analysis by Simple Ratios -- Five. The Cyclical Behavior of Industrial Labor Markets: A Comparison of the Prewar and Postwar Eras -- Six Employment, Hours, and Earnings in the Depression: An Analysis of Eight Manufacturing Industries -- Seven. Unemployment, Inflation, and Wages in the American Depression: Are There Lessons for Europe? -- Eight. Procyclical Labor Productivity and Competing Theories of the Business Cycle: Some Evidence from Interwar U.S. Manufacturing Industries -- Nine. Nominal Wage Stickiness and Aggregate Supply in the Great Depression -- Index.
Type of Computer File or Data Note:	Text (HTML), electronic book.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: Internet.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription.
Language Note:	In English.
Issuing Body Note:	Made available online by JSTOR.
Source of Description Note:	Online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed October 27 2015).