Format:
xi, 452 Seiten :
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Illustrationen ;
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24 cm.
ISBN:
978-0-300-25379-5
Content:
Although Harry Dexter White (1892-1948) was arguably the most important U.S. government economist of the twentieth century, he is remembered more for having been accused of being a Soviet agent. During the Second World War, he became chief advisor on international financial policy to Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, a role that would take him to Bretton Woods, where he would make a lasting impact on the architecture of postwar international finance. However, charges of espionage, followed by his dramatic testimony before the House Un-American Activities Committee and death from a heart attack a few days later, obscured his importance in setting the terms for the modern global economy. In this book, James Boughton rehabilitates White, delving into his life and work and returning him to a central role as the architect of the world's financial system
Note:
Prologue : The missing legacy -- PART I: BECOMING HARRY DEXTER WHITE. 1. Who--really--was Harry White? -- 2. The education of Harry White -- 3. A brief academic career -- PART II: BECOMING A KEYNESIAN INTERNATIONALIST. 4. What next? Dr. White goes to Washington -- 5. Settling into Morgenthau's Treasury, 1934-36 -- 6. Rising into a position of influence, 1936-38 -- PART III: WARTIME FINANCE. 7. Preparing for war, 1937-41 -- 8. The Treasury goes to war, 1941-43 -- PART IV: CREATING THE POSTWAR GLOBAL ECONOMY. 9. Planning for a stable postwar recovery, 1941-42 -- 10. Negotiating with Keynes, 1942-43 -- 11. The path to Bretton Woods, 1943-44 -- 12. The Bretton Woods Conference, 1944 -- PART V: PREPARING FOR PEACE AND PROSPERITY. 13. Finishing the job, 1944-45 -- 14. Dangerous diversions, 1944-46 -- 15. The attack begins behind the curtain, 1945 -- 16. At the International Monetary Fund, 1946-47 -- 17. Freelance consultant, 1947-48 -- PART VI: DEATH AND DEFAMATION. 18. Dealing with the red scare, 1947-48 -- 19. Afterlife : the attack continues, 1948-54 -- 20. Second afterlife : the attack resumes, 1955 to the present -- Epilogue : The legacy redux
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Boughton, James M. Harry White and the American creed New Haven : Yale University Press, [2021] ISBN 978-0-300-26265-0
Language:
English
Subjects:
Economics
Keywords:
1892-1948 White, Harry Dexter
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Biografie
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Biographies
Author information:
Boughton, James M. 1944-
