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UNINA9910457939503321 |
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Autore |
Schlichter Detlev S. <1964-> |
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Titolo |
Paper money collapse [[electronic resource] ] : the folly of elastic money and the coming monetary breakdown / / Detlev S. Schlichter |
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Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, 2011 |
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1-283-25798-X |
9786613257987 |
1-118-12780-3 |
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[1st edition] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (287 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Paper money |
Money supply |
Currency question |
Credit |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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pt. 1. The basics of money -- pt. 2. The effects of money injections -- pt. 3. Fallacies about the price level and price level stabilization -- pt. 4. History of paper money : a legacy of failure -- pt. 5. Beyond the cycle : paper money collapse. |
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"In an engaging style based on extensive research, Paper Money Collapse shows conclusively why paper money systems - monetary systems that are based on an elastic and constantly expanding supply of money (such as our system today) as opposed to a system of commodity money of essentially fixed supply - are inherently unstable and why they must lead to economic disintegration. All paper money systems in history ended in failure. The book shows why this must be the case and why it will also be the fate of the present system. The conclusions are controversial as they go against the present consensus, which holds that elastic state money is superior to inflexible commodity money (such as a gold standard), and that expanding money is harmless or even beneficial for as long as inflation stays low. The book shows that the present crisis is the unavoidable result of |
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continuously expanding fiat money, that the current policy of accelerated money production to 'stimulate' the economy is counterproductive and that, if pursued further, it will lead to a complete collapse of the monetary system.Paper money systems are confidence games. When the public realizes that the printing press is increasingly used to keep states and banks solvent, this confidence will evaporate quickly. The endgame will then be sovereign default, hyperinflation and economic chaos"-- |
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UNINA9910483340103321 |
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Autore |
Carswell Richard |
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Titolo |
The Fall of France in the Second World War : History and Memory / / by Richard Carswell |
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2019 |
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[1st ed. 2019.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (IX, 283 p. 1 illus.) |
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World War, 1939-1945 |
Great Britain - History |
France - History |
Europe - History - 1492- |
Military history |
History of World War II and the Holocaust |
History of Britain and Ireland |
History of France |
History of Modern Europe |
Military History |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Chapter One: Introduction -- Chapter Two: Premonitions and Predictions -- Chapter Three: War and Waiting -- Chapter Four: Trauma and Treason -- Chapter Five: Divine Punishment and Decadence -- Chapter Six: Failures and Constraints -- Chapter Seven: Contingencies and Consequences -- Chapter Eight: Memory and Memorialisation -- Chapter Nine: Conclusions. |
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This book examines how the fall of France in the Second World War has been recorded by historians and remembered within society. It argues that explanations of the fall have usually revolved around the four main themes of decadence, failure, constraint and contingency. It shows that the dominant explanation claimed for many years that the fall was the inevitable consequence of a society grown rotten in the inter-war period. This view has been largely replaced among academic historians by a consensus which distinguishes between the military defeat and the political demise of the Third Republic. It emphasizes the contingent factors that led to the military defeat. At the same time it seeks to understand the constraints within which France's policy-makers were required to act and the reasons for their policy-making failures in economics, defence and diplomacy. |
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