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9780470933718

Inflated: How Money and Debt Built the American Dream

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  • ISBN13:

    9780470933718

  • ISBN10:

    0470933712

  • Format: eBook
  • Copyright: 2010-11-01
  • Publisher: Wiley
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Summary

Americans as a whole view themselves as reasonably prudent and sober people when it comes to matters of money, reflecting the puritan roots of the earliest European settlers. Yet as a community, we also seem to believe that we are entitled to a lifestyle that is well-beyond our current income, a tendency that goes back to the earliest days of the United States and particularly to get rich quick experiences ranging from the Gold Rush of the 1840s to the real estate bubble of the early 21st Century. Inflated examines this apparent conflict and makes the argument that such a world view is so ingrained in us that to expect the United States to live in a "deflated" world is simply unrealistic. It skillfully seeks to tell the story of, money inflation and public debt as enduring (and perhaps endearing) features of American life, rather than something we can one day overcome as our policy makers constantly promise. bull; Features interviews with todayrs"s top financial industry leaders and insiders. bull; Offer a glimpse into the future of the Federal Reserve and the role it will play in the coming years bull; Examines what the future may hold for the value of the U.S. dollar and the real incomes of future generations of Americans The gradual result of the situation we find ourselves in will inevitably lead to inflation, loss of economic opportunity, and a decline in the value of the dollar. This book will show you why, and reveal how we might be able to deal with it.

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Free Banking and Private Money
The Bank of the United States
State Debt Defaults
The Age of Andrew Jackson
The Panic of 1837
The Gold Rush
The Rise of Bank Clearinghouses
Lincoln Saves a Nation by Printing Money
The Lincoln Legacy
Financing the War
Salmon Chase and Jay Cooke
Fisk & Gould Profit by Inflation
The Panic of 1873
Gold Convertibility Restored
The Battle Over Silver Money
A Changing American Dream
The Silver Compromise
Robber Barons and the Gilded Age
The Age of Speculation
Republicans Embrace Inflation
The Panic of 1893
The Cross of Silver
The Evangelical Silverites
The Turning Point: 1896
The Rise of the Central Bank
The Trust Buster: Theodore Roosevelt
The Need for a Flexible Currency
The Crisis of 1907
The National Monetary Commission
The Passage of the Federal Reserve Act
Roosevelt, Wilson and the Politics of Reform
War, Boom & Bust
The Fed During WW I
A Return to Republican Normalcy
The Roaring Twenties
The New Era of Debt and Investing
The Bust: Stocks Fall and Tariffs Rise
New Deal to Cold War
FDR and the Era of Broken Precedent
The Seizure of Gold and Dollar Devaluation
Dollar Devaluation Hurt World Trade
The Rise of the Corporate State
Central Planning Arrives in Washington
FDR Embraces Federal Deposit Insurance
The Legacy of FDR
The Fed and The RFC
Corportivist Reform at the Fed
The New Deal Fails, So America Goes to War
Wartime Inflation and Debt Finance
Bretton Woods and Global Inflation
Debt and Inflation A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats
Federal Revenues Grow
The Fed Regains Independence
The Post-War Economy Soars
The Legacy of War
Cold War, Free Trade
The Dollar's Golden Age
Global Imbalances Return
Richard Nixon's Betrayal
The End of the Dollar Peg
The Return of Sovereign Borrowing
Leveraging the American Dream
The New Uncertainty
Humphrey Hawkins and Full Employment
Balanced Budgets and Inflation
Volcker's Shock Treatment
The Crisis Managers
The Latin Debt Crisis
Volcker's Apprentice: Gerald Corrigan
Reagan Reappoints Volcker
The Never-ending Crisis
Volcker Exits and Crisis Returns
From Excess to Delusion
The Greenspan Legacy
Prospects
The Growth Challenge
Growth versus Inflation
Changing Places
Triffin's Dilemma and the Dollar
Notes
About the Author
Index
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