Business and Politics in the German Inflation
Title | Business and Politics in the German Inflation PDF eBook |
Author | Niall Ferguson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 754 |
Release | 1989 |
Genre | Business and politics |
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Paper and Iron
Title | Paper and Iron PDF eBook |
Author | Niall Ferguson |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 560 |
Release | 2002-11-07 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9780521894227 |
Few economic events have had a more profound or enduring impact than the German hyperinflation of 1923, still remembered popularly as a root cause of Hitler's rise to power. Yet many historians have argued that inflationary policies were, on balance, advantageous to post-1918 Germany, both boosting growth and helping to reduce reparations. The scholarly consensus is that there was no viable alternative to inflation. In Paper and Iron Niall Ferguson takes a different view. He argues that inflation was indeed an economic and political disaster, and further that there were alternative economic policies which could have stabilised the German currency in 1920. To explain why these were not adopted he points to long-term defects in the political institutions of the Reich which went back as far as the 1890s and which persisted beyond 1918. The book therefore reveals the Wilhelmine origins of Weimar's failure, as well as casting light on the origins of the Third Reich.
German Hyperinflation 1922/23
Title | German Hyperinflation 1922/23 PDF eBook |
Author | Wolfgang Chr Fischer |
Publisher | BoD – Books on Demand |
Pages | 222 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 3899369319 |
"The aim of this research monograph is to explore the establishment of a new economic order in the infant German Republic or often called Weimar Republic (Deutsches Reich) after World War I and its social and economic turbulance."--P. 1.
The Great Disorder
Title | The Great Disorder PDF eBook |
Author | Gerald D. Feldman |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 1048 |
Release | 1997-03-06 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9780195101140 |
This book presents a comprehensive study of the most famous and spectacular instance of inflation in modern industrial society--that in Germany during and following World War I. A broad, probing narrative, this book studies inflation as a strategy of social pacification and economic reconstruction and as a mechanism for escaping domestic and international indebtedness. The Great Disorder is a study of German society under the tension of inflation and hyperinflation, and it explores the ways in which Germany's hyperinflation and stabilization were linked to the Great Depression and the rise of National Socialism. This wide-ranging study sets German inflation within the broader issues of maintaining economic stability, social peace, and democracy and thus contributes to the general history of the twentieth century and has important implications for existing and emerging market economies facing the temptation or reality of inflation.
Hyperinflation and Stabilization in Weimar Germany
Title | Hyperinflation and Stabilization in Weimar Germany PDF eBook |
Author | Steven Benjamin Webb |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 186 |
Release | 1989 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
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Tracing the links between the monetary phenomena of the post-World War I German inflation and its political roots, this study provides a non-technical explanation of the economics of inflation and explores the political events and institutions that contributed to the Weimar Republic's economic difficulties. Webb discusses such topics as Reichsbank credit and monetary policy; output and unemployment; government revenue and spending; capitalism, democracy, and reparations; and the political economy of Reichsbank policy.
Economics of Inflation
Title | Economics of Inflation PDF eBook |
Author | Costantino Bresciani-Turroni |
Publisher | Ludwig von Mises Institute |
Pages | 468 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 1610160606 |
"This is the most comprehensive and authoritative account of the great German inflation from 1914 to 1923." - Henry Hazlitt As an Austrian study of hyperinflation, this study has never been surpassed. The same is true of the detailed examination of the rise of hyperinflation in German in the interwar period: there is not anything more authoritative. It is a huge study, 466 pages, with a fantastic amount of data and statistical analytics. But the narrative too is very exciting and infused with a thoroughly Austrian understanding of the impact of dramatic monetary expansion. It affects not only prices but also capital structures, political events, and the structure of society itself. Hitler did not emerge in a vacuum. Bresciani-Turroni covers the essential prehistory of a world-wide calamity. This volume is thorough, authoritative, and riveting in every respect - the achievement of a lifetime to last the ages.
Exchange, Prices, and Production in Hyper-inflation
Title | Exchange, Prices, and Production in Hyper-inflation PDF eBook |
Author | Frank Dunstone Graham |
Publisher | Ludwig von Mises Institute |
Pages | 382 |
Release | 1930 |
Genre | Currency question |
ISBN | 1610164512 |