Managing the Franc Poincaré: Economic Understanding and Political Constraint in French Monetary Policy, 1928-1936

by Kenneth Mouré

Book Overview

Defense of the franc Poincar ; dominated French economic policy during the Depression. While most countries took their currencies off gold to permit a wider range of domestic policies to foster recovery, in France policy makers resolved to preserve the gold parity of the franc by balancing the budget and lowering domestic prices. Novelty and experimentation were rejected in the conviction that a durable recovery was possible only through a return...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521522846
• ISBN13: 9780521522847
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"