02723cam a22003611a 4500001001100000005001700011006001100028007001500039008004100054020003500095020003200130020002700162035002100189035002500210035003900235037001600274043003000290050002200320072002500342072001500367082001700382245011100399260004600510300002400556504005100580520152000631650002302151651005102174651004502225651005102270700002102321700001902342000003001520230921135242.0m     o  dcr cnu---unuuu130314s2013    enkm    ob   u001 0 eng d  a9780191640094 (electronic bk.)  a0191640093 (electronic bk.)  a978019878278 :c$89.86  a(OCoLC)829994095  a.b37112004bmultic-  a(OCoLC)829994095z(OCoLC)830085766  a459323bMIL  ae-uk---ae-gx---an-us--- 4aHB3711b.G74 2013 7aBUSx0230002bisacsh 7aECO2eflch04a330.904322304aThe great depression of the 1930sh[text] :blessons for today /cedited by Nicholas Crafts, Peter Fearon.  aOxford :bOxford University Press,c2013.  axiv, 459 p. :bill.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.  aUnderstanding the Great Depression has never been more relevant than in today's economic crisis. This edited collection provides an authoritative introduction to the Great Depression as it affected the advanced countries in the 1930s. The contributions are by acknowledged experts in the field and cover in detail the experiences of Britain, Germany, and, the United States, while also seeing the depression as an international disaster. The crisis entailed the collapse of the international monetary system, sovereign default, and banking crises in many countries in the context of the most severe downturn in western economic history. The responses included protectionism, regulation, fiscal and monetary stimulus, and the New Deal. The relevance to current problems facing Europe and the United States is apparent. The chapters are written at a level which will be comprehensible to advanced undergraduates in economics and history while also being a valuable source of reference for policy makers grappling with the current economic crisis. The book will be of interest to modern macroeconomists and students of interwar history alike and seeks to bring the results of modern research in economic history to a wide audience. The focus is not only on explaining how the Great Depression happened but also on understanding what eventually led to the recovery from the crisis. A key feature is that every chapter has a full list of bibliographical references which can be a platform for further study. Book jacket. 0aDepressionsy1929. 0aGreat BritainxEconomic conditionsy1918-1945. 0aGermanyxEconomic conditionsy1918-1945. 0aUnited StatesxEconomic conditionsy1918-1945.1 aCrafts, N. F. R.1 aFearon, Peter.