Karl Helfferich, 1872-1924: Economist, Financier, Politician

by John G. Williamson and John G. Williamson

Book Overview

An irascible, brilliant man, trained as an economist, Karl Helfferich became one of Wilhelmine Germany's leading financiers in the years after 1905. During World War I, he held a series of important Reich offices and, after 1918, became a leading right-wing politician in the Weimar Republic. As creator of the basic plan to stabilize the mark in 1923, he played a major role in ending the catastrophic postwar inflation. John Williamson's biography of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691051453
• ISBN13: 9780691051451
• Release Date: October 1971
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 462 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.