God Bless You Joe Stalin: The Man who Saved CapitalismAlgora Publishing, 2006 - 312 pages Stalin has been accused of many things; add to the list his role as the father of modern-day economics. The author traces the evolution of the concept of the Almighty Dollar against the backdrop of the Cold War, demonstrates how individual decisions made |
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... currency for the exchange of commerce throughout the world. All other currencies would be measured against it. The value of the dollar could go up or down with respect to other national currencies, but it remained the accepted standard ...
... currency for the exchange of commerce throughout the world. All other currencies would be measured against it. The value of the dollar could go up or down with respect to other national currencies, but it remained the accepted standard ...
Page 13
... currency against which all other cur- rencies are measured . The prices of the world's commodities , from barrels of oil to pork bellies , are quoted in dollars ; the largest stock exchange in the world trades only in dollars ; it is ...
... currency against which all other cur- rencies are measured . The prices of the world's commodities , from barrels of oil to pork bellies , are quoted in dollars ; the largest stock exchange in the world trades only in dollars ; it is ...
Page 14
... currency would replace gold in international trade , once Germany and Japan had been defeated . On the surface , the meeting would have appeared rather pre- mature , but only if one doubted the final outcome of the war . Since neither ...
... currency would replace gold in international trade , once Germany and Japan had been defeated . On the surface , the meeting would have appeared rather pre- mature , but only if one doubted the final outcome of the war . Since neither ...
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... currency printed to remain in the military contest had wiped out the true value of their gold reserves. The job Keynes and White had set out for themselves was to find a new currency that could replace gold. What was the gold standard ...
... currency printed to remain in the military contest had wiped out the true value of their gold reserves. The job Keynes and White had set out for themselves was to find a new currency that could replace gold. What was the gold standard ...
Page 16
... currency. The more it printed to pay gov- ernment salaries, the more it needed. The inflation became so dire that people were paying for their groceries with wheel barrels filled with worthless German marks. Terrified that the country ...
... currency. The more it printed to pay gov- ernment salaries, the more it needed. The inflation became so dire that people were paying for their groceries with wheel barrels filled with worthless German marks. Terrified that the country ...
Contents
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43 | |
A Different Portrait of Joe Stalin | 59 |
Chapter 4 The Contradictions of State Socialism | 87 |
The Truman Presidency | 95 |
The Eisenhower Presidency | 127 |
The Kennedy Presidency | 165 |
The Nixon Presidency | 209 |
The Presidencies of Ford and Carter | 221 |
The Reagan Presidency | 243 |
The George H W Bush Presidency | 267 |
The Vanished Track | 283 |
Appendix | 297 |
Recommended Readings | 305 |
Index | 309 |
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