Money and Trade Wars in Interwar Europe

By Alessandro Roselli

Book Overview

This books explains, on the basis of archival evidence and a simple economic model, why and how the gold standard collapsed in the interwar period. It also reveals how bilateralism and dirigisme in international financial relations emerged from the collapse of the universal gold standard, and how this poisoned international relations.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349460109
• ISBN13: 9781349460106
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 259 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"