Did the Gold Standard Cause the Great Depression?

Written by David Frum on Monday September 21, 2009

My most recent Bookshelf discusses a book that argues "yes" or anyway that it was gold that turned what might have been an ordinary recession into a great depression: Barry Eichengreen's Golden Fetters.

My most recent Bookshelf discusses a book that argues "yes" or anyway that it was gold that turned what might have been an ordinary recession into a great depression: Barry Eichengreen's Golden Fetters.

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