Hall of mirrors : the Great Depression, the great recession, and the uses--and misuses--of history
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"A brilliantly conceived dual-track account of the two greatest economic crises of the last century and their consequences"-- Full description
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"A brilliantly conceived dual-track account of the two greatest economic crises of the last century and their consequences"-- "The Great Depression and the Great Recession are the two great economic crises of the past hundred years. While there are accounts of both episodes, no one has yet attempted a sustained comparative analysis. In Hall of Mirrors, Barry Eichengreen draws on his unparalleled expertise for a brilliantly conceived dual-track account of the two crises and their consequences. Rather than telling the stories of the two crises in sequence, instead he weaves them together. He describes the two bubble-fuelled build-ups, then the onset of crisis, the subsequent financial and economic and collapse, the policy response, and finally the recovery." -- |
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Physical Description: |
vi, 512 pages ; 25 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: |
9780199392001 (hardback) 0199392005 (hardback) |
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