British Treasury, economic depression and international finance: Parts 1 and 2, 1916-1943 (inclusive), [microform]

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Arranged in two parts: Part 1: International Finance Situation and Policy, 1916-1943. Part 2: Domestic, Monetary and Unemployment Policy, 1919-1943, including Deputations to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1919-1941.

The records consist of files from the private office of successive British Chancellors of the Exchequer. Part one contains material relating to the rise of the United States as a major financial power and the economic development of Nazi Germany. Also included are the records of several international economic conferences of the 1930s and reports on the return of the Gold Standard in 1925. Part two includes verbatim records of deputations to the Chancellor from industrial organizations and illustrates the Treasury's reaction to mass unemployment, world depression and Keynsian economic theory.

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June 01, 2002