Bibliograph

Three days at Camp David, how a secret meeting in 1971 transformed the global economy, Jeffrey E. Garten

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Three days at Camp David, how a secret meeting in 1971 transformed the global economy, Jeffrey E. Garten

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical resources and index

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Three days at Camp David

Oclc number

1244277920

Responsibility statement

Jeffrey E. Garten

Sub title

how a secret meeting in 1971 transformed the global economy

Summary

"The former dean of the Yale School of Management and Undersecretary of Commerce in the Clinton administration chronicles the 1971 August meeting at Camp David, where President Nixon unilaterally ended the last vestiges of the gold standard-breaking the link between gold and the dollar-transforming the entire global monetary system"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- Curtain up. Richard Nixon ascending ; The economic crisis ; A run on the dollar? -- The cast. Richard M. Nixon ; John B. Connally Jr. ; Paul A. Volcker Jr. ; Arthur F. Burns ; George P. Schultz ; Peter G. Peterson ; Other players: Paul W. McCracken and Henry A. Kissinger -- The weekend. The wolf at the door ; Friday, August 13 ; Saturday, August 14 ; Sunday, August 15 -- The finale. The aftermath ; The finishing line ; The long view ; The weekend in retrospect

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3 days at Camp David

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