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Baruch, Bernard

  Beaverbrook, Lord

  Beer Hall Putsch

  Belgium

  banking crisis in

  and Dawes Committee/Plan

  destruction in

  and French-British relations

  German invasion/occupation of

  gold reserves of

  interest rates in

  Keynes study of

  and Paris Conference (1929)

  reconstruction of

  Berlin, Germany

  communists in

  Dawes Committee meeting in

  at end of World War

  military control of

  Nazis in

  in

  reactions to events leading to World War I in

  riots/violence in

  social life in

  Bernanke, Ben

  Bethmann-Hollweg, Theobald von

  Birkenhead, Lord (F.E. Smith)

  Bismarck, Otto von

  Black Friday (1869)

  “Black Friday” (Germany, 1927)

  Black Monday (October 28, 1929)

  Black Thursday (October 24, 1929)

  Black Tuesday (October 29, 1929)

  Bloomsbury circle

  Boer War

  Bonaparte, Napoléon

  Bonar Law, Andrew

  Bonnet, Georges

  Bracken, Brendan

  Bradbury, John

  Brett, Reginald (Lord Esher)

  Bretton Woods Conference

  Briand, Aristide

  broker loans

  Brown Brothers

  Brown Shipley

  Brüning, Heinrich

  Bullion Committee (Great Britain)

  Caillaux, Henriette Claretie

  Caillaux, Joseph

  Canada

  central banks/bankers

  and attempts to rescue German economy

  beginning of meetings of

  and blame for Great Depression

  and British departure from gold standard

  and Credit Anstalt problem

  and credit system

  distrust of

  foreign lending by

  functions/role of

  and funding for war

  goals of

  gold reserves of

  and gold standard

  government’s relationship with

  holding of pounds by

  impact of

  and interest rates

  Keynes’s views about

  and leadership

  Long Island meeting of

  need for U.S. coordination with European

  power and prestige of

  and printing currency

  private ownership of

  proposed league of

  public statements by

  reaction to Great Crash by

  reputation of

  response to panics by

  role during Great Depression of

  role in World War I of

  sisyphian nature of

  and stock market

  Strong as inventor of modern

  Central Europe

  assassination of Archduke Ferdinand in

  banking system in

  and blame for Great Depression

  currency collapse in

  default on debts in

  gold standard in

  impact of Great Crash on

  impact of stock market bubble on

  and Keynes’s personal finances

  pounds/sterling reserves of

  recession in

  Chamberlain, Austen

  Chamberlain, Neville

  Chambers, Whittaker

  Chase National Bank

  Churchill, Winston

  Baruch dinner for

  and Beaverbrook

  blunders/mistakes of

  as chancellor of exchequer

  Chaplin visit with

  and French war debt

  and gold standard

  as “golden Chancellor”

  and Keynes

  lifestyle of

  and Lloyd George

  Churchill, Winston (cont.)

  and Norman

  Norman profile by

  and The Other Club

  parliamentary speeches of

  political affiliations of

  reputation of

  Snowden as replacement for

  and U.S.-British relations

  Clemenceau, George

  coal industry

  commercial/merchant banks

  gold reserves of

  in Great Britain

  in U.S.

  commodities

  Communists

  Comptroller of the Currency, U.S.

  confidence, public

  Congress, U.S.

  and bank rescue package

  banking system study by

  causes of Great Crash hearings in

  and creation/reform of Federal Reserve Board

  and credit

  and early years of Depression

  and French-U.S. relations

  and gold standard

  Harrison’s views about

  and monetary policy

  and moratorium on reparations and war debt

  and prices

  reaction to Great Crash by

  and RFC

  and Roosevelt administration

  stock market concerns in

  and war debts

  Converse, Edmund

  Coolidge, Calvin

  Cox, James M.

  credit

  and characteristics of Great Depression

  collapse of

  congressional hearings about

  and gold standard

  and impact of Great Crash

  and role of central bankers

  and stock market bubble

  Strong’s views about

  Credit Anstalt, failure of

  Crissinger, Daniel

  Cunliffe, Walter, Lord

  Cunliffe Committee (1918)

  currency

  amount of

  attempts to stabilize

  collapse of European

  contraction of

  and covering of U.S. debt

  devaluation of

  and funding for war

  and gold standard

  and interest rates

  in post-World War I years

  and role of central bank

  Curzon, George Nathaniel

  customs union

  Danatbank

  Davillier, Maurice

  Davison, Henry

  and central bank plan

  death of

  and Jekyll Island meeting

  Lamont’s relationship with

  lifestyle of

  and meeting at J.P. Morgan & Co.

  and Panic of 1907

  personal background of

  personality of

  reputation of

  and Strong as governor of New York Fed

  Strong relationship with

  as trustee of Bankers Trust

  Dawes, Charles Gates

  Dawes, Rufus

  Dawes Committee

  Dawes Plan . See also specific nation

  de Gaulle, Charles

  deflation

  and blame for Great Depression

  and gold standard

  and initiatives to revive economy

  Keynes’s views about

  Norman’s concern about

  Deutsche Orientbank

  Deutsche Bank

  Deutsche Demokratische Partei (DDP)

  devaluation views about

  Dillon Read

  Douglas, Lewis W.

  Dresdner Bank

  Dreyfus, Alfred

  Du Pont family

  Dufour-Feronce, Albert

  Dulles, John Foster

  Durant, William Crapo “Billy,”

  Eastern Europe

  The Economic Consequences of Mr. Churchill (Keynes)

  The Economic Consequences of the Pe
ace (Keynes)

  Economy Act (U.S., 1933)

  Edge, Walter

  Einzig, Paul

  elections of 1932, U.S.

  Emergency Banking Act (U.S., 1933)

  Emergency Relief Act (U.S., 1933)

  emerging markets

  The End of Reparations (Schacht)

  Esher, Lord (Reginald Brett)

  Europe

  American tourists in

  anti-Americanism in

  and comparison of Great Depression and modern events

  exchange rates in

  gold reserves of

  gold standard in

  impact of Great Crash on

  impact of U.S. stock market bubble on

  Keynes’s plan for financial reconstruction of

  loans to U.S. from

  reconstruction of

  U.S. foreign investment in

  Europe’s Optical Illusion (Angell)

  “The Family,”

  Federal Reserve Act (1913)

  Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

  Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

  Federal Reserve Bank of New York

  British loans from

  and BUS rescue

  central bankers meeting at

  and divisiveness within Federal System

  and France

  and funding for war

  and German economy

  gold reserves of

  Harrison named head of

  headquarters of

  and impact of Great Crash

  and interest rates

  and international bank proposal

  and Jewish-owned banks

  and Liberty bonds

  Norman meeting with

  power of

  and reform of Federal System

  Reichsbank gold at

  run on

  size of

  and stock market

  Strong named governor of

  Federal Reserve Board/System

  appointments to

  and Bank of England

  and banking crisis

  and blame for Great Depression

  Board of Governors of

  and British economy

  British views about

  as central bank of industrial world

  charter/rules of

  closing of

  comparison of modern and

  congressional hearings about

  creation of

  credibility of

  and credit

  criticisms of

  and devaluation of dollar

  dissension/divisiveness within

  Eccles named head of

  and economic recovery in U.S.

  functions/goals of

  and funding for war

  gold reserves of

  and gold standard

  governors of

  and Hoover-Roosevelt negotiations

  importance of

  impotency of

  and inflation

  and initiatives to revive economy

  Federal Reserve Board/System (cont.)

  and interest rates

  Keynes’s views about

  and Long Island meeting

  and Mellon impeachment hearings

  members of

  Meyer named chairman of

  Meyer resignation from

  New York Fed relations with

  Norman’s views about

  open market operations of

  operations and character of

  and Polish loan

  reaction to Great Crash by

  reform of

  and Reichsbank

  and Roosevelt administration

  and stock market

  Strong as leader of

  and Strong’s death

  Strong’s relations with

  during war years

  Young (Roy) as chairman of

  Young (Roy) resignation from

  financial crises, characteristics of

  financial media

  First Bank of the United States

  “First Name Club”

  First National Bank

  Fisher, Irving

  Fisher, Warren

  Florida, real estate boom in

  Ford, Henry

  Ford Motor Company

  Fort Knox

  France

  anti-Americanism in

  banking system in

  and blame for Great Depression

  Britain compared with

  British relations with

  collapse of government in

  corruption/scandals in

  and cost of World War I

  and Credit Anstalt problem

  credit in

  currency in

  and customs union

  and Dawes Committee/Plan

  and devaluation of the dollar

  economy in

  and exchange rates

  failure of economic policies in

  financial problems of

  and foreign exchange

  foreign loans for

  funding for World War I in

  GDP of

  and German economy

  German loans from

  German relations with

  German war against

  Germany compared with

  gold reserves of

  gold standard in

  impact of Great Crash on

  impact of Great Depression on

  impact of World War I on

  industrial production in

  inflation in

  interest rates in

  and international bank proposal

  and London Economic Conference

  Mellon negotiations with

  mobilization in

  money supply in

  and moratorium on reparations and war debt

  Morgan loans to

  and Napoleonic Wars

  in 1926

  1930 economy in

  Norman’s views about

  optimism on duration of war in

  prices in

  reaction to Versailles Treaty in

  reconstruction in

  and reparations

  riots in

  Royalists in

  in Ruhr valley

  and Russia

  sources of funding in

  spending for World War I by

  and stereotypes of French

  stock market in

  taxes in

  unemployment in

  U.S. loans to

  U.S. relations with

  war debts of

  and Young Conference/Plan

  Franco-Prussian War

  Franz Ferdinand (archduke of Austria)

  Frazier-Sinclair-Patman bill

  fulfillment policy

  Funk, Walter

  Galbraith, J. K.

  General Motors

  The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money (Keynes)

  Genoa Economic Conference (1922)

  Germany

  attempts to rescue economy of

  austerity program in

  banking system in

  and beginnings of World War I

  and blame for Great Depression

  and Britain

  and characteristics of Great Depression

  class structure in

  collapse in lending to

  colonies of

  Communists in

  confidence in

  corruption in

  and cost of World War I

  credit in

  currency in

  and customs union

  and Dawes Committee/Plan

  default on debts by

  devaluation in

  domestic policy in

  economy of

  and events leading to World War I

  foreign borrowing by

  foreign exchange in

  foreigners in

  French relations with

  funding/financing of World War I in


  GDP of

  gold reserves of

  gold standard in

  and images of Germans

  impact of Great Crash on

  impact of Great Depression on

  industrial production in

  inflation in

  and interest rates in

  Jews in

  Mexico compared with

  mobilization in

  money supply in

  and moratorium on reparations and war debt

  nationalization in

  between 1919

  during 1923

  during 1924

  in 1930s

  Norman’s views about

  optimism on duration of war in

  prices in

  proclamation of republic of

  public works programs in

  purchasing power in

  reaction to Versailles Treaty in

  rearming of

  recession in

  reconstruction of

  and reparations

  resistance movement in

  riots/violence in

  Russian relations with

  and stereotypes of Germans

  and stock market

  Strong’s views about

  Germany (cont.)

  taxes in

  threats of bankruptcy in

  trade with

  traditional values in

  and Treaty of Versailles

  unemployment in

  U.S. concerns about economy

  U.S. loans to

  U.S. relations with

  and Young Conference/Plan

  Gilbert, Seymour Parker

  Gladstone, William

  Glass, Carter

  Glass Plan

  Glass-Steagall Act

  gold

  and Agadir crisis

  and American tourists in Europe

  and amount of currency

  and Bank of England-commercial banks relationship

  and blame for Great Depression

  British exports of

  and British funding of war

  and commodities

  and covering of U.S. debt

  distribution of

  and events leading to World War I

  and German invasion of Belgium

  hoarding of

  and “hunt for gold cars”

  and interest rates

  Keynes’s views about

  as means for funding war

  obsession with

  and prices

  purchasing power of

  and “real bills” theory of credit

  and stock market bubble

  supply of

  U.S. buying of

  gold coins

  gold standard

  benefits of

  and blame for Great Depression

  and central banks

  and credit system

  criticisms of

  and currency

  and deflation

  and devaluation of dollar

  as dollar standard

  and Federal Reserve System

  impact of Great Crash on

  and inflation

  and interest rate

  as key to economic revival

  Keynes’s views about

  and Macmillan Committee

  and money supply

  and Moreau-Norman disagreements

  Norman’s views about

  obstacles to return to

  and paper currency

  and pound/sterling

  and prices

 

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