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The Money Makers: How Roosevelt and Keynes Ended the Depression, Defeated Fascism, and Secured a Prosperous Peace

byEric Rauchway

The Money Makers is Eric Rauchway's historical account of how Roosevelt and Keynes Ended the Depression, Defeated Fascism, and Secured a Prosperous Peace. Moving between close detail and context, the book explains the forces surrounding its subject and connects them to the connected fields of business & economics and history. Throughout, the author balances an accessible narrative with the complexity needed to understand motives, constraints, and disputed interpretations. The book ultimately clarifies what made these developments possible, who experienced their effects, and why the story remains significant.

Publisher

Basic Books

Publication date

Oct 27, 2015

Format

Print edition

Pages

336

ISBN

9780465049691