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- Release Year
- 2021
- ISBN
- 9780062887672
- Book Title
- Three Days at Camp David : How a Secret Meeting in 1971 Transformed the Global Economy
- Item Length
- 9in
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Publication Year
- 2021
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.4in
- Genre
- Business & Economics, History, Political Science
- Topic
- United States / 20th Century, Public Policy / Economic Policy, American Government / Executive Branch, Money & Monetary Policy
- Item Width
- 6in
- Item Weight
- 22.1 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 448 Pages
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The former dean of the Yale School of Management and Undersecretary of Commerce in the Clinton administration chronicles the 1971 August meeting at Camp David, where President Nixon unilaterally ended the last vestiges of the gold standard--breaking the link between gold and the dollar--transforming the entire global monetary system. Over the course of three days--from August 13 to 15, 1971--at a secret meeting at Camp David, President Richard Nixon and his brain trust changed the course of history. Before that weekend, all national currencies were valued to the U.S. dollar, which was convertible to gold at a fixed rate. That system, established by the Bretton Woods Agreement at the end of World War II, was the foundation of the international monetary system that helped fuel the greatest expansion of middle-class prosperity the world has ever seen. In making his decision, Nixon shocked world leaders, bankers, investors, traders and everyone involved in global finance. Jeffrey E. Garten argues that many of the roots of America's dramatic retrenchment in world affairs began with that momentous event that was an admission that America could no longer afford to uphold the global monetary system. It opened the way for massive market instability and speculation that has plagued the world economy ever since, but at the same time it made possible the gigantic expansion of trade and investment across borders which created our modern era of once unimaginable progress. Based on extensive historical research and interviews with several participants at Camp David, and informed by Garten's own insights from positions in four presidential administrations and on Wall Street, Three Days at Camp David chronicles this critical turning point, analyzes its impact on the American economy and world markets, and explores its ramifications now and for the future.
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Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
006288767x
ISBN-13
9780062887672
eBay Product ID (ePID)
18050032586
Product Key Features
Book Title
Three Days at Camp David : How a Secret Meeting in 1971 Transformed the Global Economy
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
United States / 20th Century, Public Policy / Economic Policy, American Government / Executive Branch, Money & Monetary Policy
Publication Year
2021
Genre
Business & Economics, History, Political Science
Number of Pages
448 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
1.4in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
22.1 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
E855.G375 2021
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Garten tells a tale of gold and guarantees, secrecy and surprise, and conflict and cooperation. His fast-paced history brings the characters alive, explains complexity with clarity, and reveals America's competing impulses of leadership and retrenchment -a tension alive today., Highly charged account of the Nixon administration's abandonment of the gold standard. . . . Garten delivers incisive portraits of key players. . . . Fiscal and monetary policy wonks will admire Garten's skillful narrative and thorough research., As a senior economic staff member working for National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger at the time, I was involved in many of the pivotal events in this book. Jeffrey Garten has told the story of how the U.S. severed the link between the dollar and gold in all its economic and foreign policy dimensions, and in all its human drama. Not only has he made a contribution to understanding this critical series of events in American history, but he has also pointed to the profound implications for America and the global economy in the years ahead., A gripping tale of a critical period in global finance with striking relevance to our present moment, when the global system is in transition and so many pressures exist for America to look only inward., If you ever wanted a ringside seat to see how a world-changing decision is made in Washington, read Three Days at Camp David. It reads like a novel, yet it is a work of history, politics, and economic policy., Three Days at Camp David is a fascinating character-driven story. It provides critical historical perspective on America's role in the world, including the constant tension between nationalism and global engagement. And it sheds light on President Biden's challenge to restore America's alliances just as Nixon and Kissinger did in Garten's account of the early 1970s., A fascinating play-by-play account of one of the most important events in the history of the modern world economy, with powerful implications for current policy., Jeffrey Garten's Three Days at Camp David is a riveting account of one of the most consequential - if often overlooked --moments in financial history. Garten gives us Richard Nixon before the disastrous fall, making the pathos of the events all the more poignant. It's required reading for anyone eager to understand the world's current economic challenges., Jeffrey Garten makes a strong case that the end of the dollar's convertibility into gold has deep, long run implications for the United States and the global economy. He provides valuable food for thought for our own uncertain era., An enlightening study of an era when previously unthinkable economic measures suddenly went mainstream. . . . President Richard Nixon's high-wire economic policy of monetary anarchy, tariffs, and government wage-and-price controls is dissected in this incisive history. . . . Garten vividly sketches the personalities behind the policy. . . . [His] lucid, easy-to-grasp exposition focuses on international turmoil in exchange rates and trade.
Lccn
2022-276103
Dewey Decimal
973.924
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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