Lords of Finance

personal/social life of

  personality of

  pessimism about world economy of

  philosophy/worldview of

  and prices

  professional background of

  and proposed league of central bankers

  pseudonyms of

  as reflection of national psyche

  and reparations

  reputation/power of

  and Romania funding

  and Schacht

  self-image of

  and Snowden

  and speculation

  and stock market

  and Strong

  and Strong-French relationship

  Time cover story on

  and U.S. buying of gold

  U.S. visits of

  and U.S.-British relations

  and war debts

  and Young conference

  Noyes, Alexander Dana

  open market operations

  d’Orléans, Henri

  d’Orléans, Jean

  The Other Club

  Page, Arthur

  Painlevé, Paul

  Panic of 1907

  Papen, Franz von

  Paris, France

  Americans in

  Dawes Committee meetings in

  and German invasion of

  Norman’s visits to

  riots in

  Strong’s visits to

  as world financial center

  Paris Peace Conference

  Allied-German relations at

  and blame for Great Depression

  British delegation to

  economic consequences of

  and Keynes-Wilson relations

  negotiations of

  reparations negotiations at

  and war debts

  Pinchot, Gifford

  Pittman, Key

  Plesch, Janos

  Poincaré, Raymond

  Poland

  post-World War II world, Keynes’s planning for

  Potter, William

  prices

  as cause of Great Depression

  of commodities

  and Fed role in European problems

  and goals of central banks

  and gold

  in 1930

  Strong’s views about

  and unemployment

  protectionism

  Public National Bank

  Pujo Committee

  Quesnay, Pierre

  Raskob, John J.

  Rathenau, Walter

  RCA (Radio Corporation of America)

  “real bills” theory of credit

  real estate boom, U.S.

  Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC)

  Reichsbank

  and Agadir crisis

  and attempts to rescue German economy

  and Autonomy Law

  and Bank of England

  and blame for Great Depression

  board of

  creation of

  and credit

  and Danatbank bail out

  and Dawes Committee

  and debasement of German currency

  directors of

  divisiveness within

  and financing of war

  foreign borrowing by

  foreign deposits in

  and foreign exchange

  General Council for

  and German domestic policy

  and German economy

  gold reserves of

  government’s relationship with

  Harrison’s support for

  Havenstein as president of

  headquarters of

  importance of

  and interest rates

  Luther named head of

  New York Fed holding of gold from

  Norman’s support for

  and Polish loan

  and politics

  printing of money by

  reaction to Great Crash by

  recapitalization of

  and reparations

  Schacht named president of

  Schacht removed from

  Schacht return to

  and stock market

  U.S./Federal Reserve loan to

  withdrawals from

  and Young Plan

  Reichstag

  DDP in

  dissolution of

  members of

  Nazis in

  reaction to Schacht speech by

  Rentenmark, German, introduction of

  reparations

  and attempts to rescue German economy

  and blame for Great Depression

  cancellation of

  “capacity to pay” concept for

  and disillusionment in Europe

  forgiveness of

  and French-German relations

  German default on payment of

  and German domestic economic policy

  German obsession about

  in Germany

  Hague conference (1930) about

  as heart of Dawes Plan

  and impact of Great Crash

  international conferences concerning

  Keynes’s views about

  and Long Island meeting

  Mellon’s views about

  moratorium on

  need for restructuring of

  opposition to

  and Paris Peace Conference

  as political issue

  reduction in amount of

  size/total figure for

  suspension of payments on

  and transfer protection clause

  and Treaty of Versailles

  and war debts

  See also Dawes Committee; Young Conference; Young Plan; specific nation

  Reparations Commission. See Dawes Committee

  Réveil National movement

  Revelstoke, Edward Baring, Lord

  Rhineland

  Rist, Charles

  Robineau, Georges

  Rockefeller, John D. Jr.

  Rockefeller, John D. Sr.

  Rogers, Will

  Romania

  Roosevelt, Franklin

  bank closings by

  bank rescue package of

  and banking crisis

  devaluation of dollar by

  and elections of 1932

  and Federal Reserve Board

  fireside chats of

  “first hundred days” for

  and gold price

  and gold standard

  and Harrison

  and Hoover

  image of

  inauguration in

  Keynes’s views about

  knowledge of economic policies of

  and London Economic Conference

  and prices

  Roosevelt, Theodore

  Rothermere, Harold Harmsworth, Viscount Rothschild, Alfred de; Alphonse de; Edmond de; Edouard de ; Guy; Louis de; Maurice ; Mayer Amschel

  Rothschild family

  Rouvier, Maurice

  Royal Commission on Indian Currency and Finance

  Royal Institute of International Affairs

  Rubin, Robert

  Ruhr valley

  coal production in

  French invasion/occupation of

  French withdrawal from

  Russia

  British loans to

  civil war in

  danger from

  default in (1998)

  French relations with

  German declaration of war against

  German relations with

  mobilization in

  optimism on duration of war in

  sale of art works by

  Schacht views about

  war debts of

  Sabin, Charles

  Schacht, Horace Greeley Hjalmar

  ambitions of

  appearance of

  arrest and imprisonment of

  attempts to induce return of

  and attempts to rescue German economy- 18

  on Banking Commission

 
; and Belgium affair

  between 1919

  and blame for Great Depression

  and British loans to Germany

  and Brüning austerity plan

  and conspiracies against Hitler

  and credit

  and Credit Anstalt problem

  as currency commissioner

  at Danatbank

  and Dawes Committee/Plan

  death of

  and Dresdner Bank

  and events leading up to World War I

  and exchange rate

  financial affairs of

  and foreign borrowing

  and French economy

  German cabinet disavowal of position of

  and German economic recovery

  and German national psyche

  on Germany

  and Gilbert

  on global financial system

  and gold reserves

  and gold standard

  government relations with

  on Great Britain

  and Havenstein

  and Hitler/Nazis

  image of

  and Long Island meeting

  named Reichsbank president

  at Nationalbank

  and Norman

  at Nuremberg

  opposition to

  personal background of

  personal life of

  personality/character of

  and politics

  post-war optimism of

  in post-World War II years

  professional background of

  reaction to Great Crash by

  and Reichsbank gold at New York Fed

  Reichsbank resignation of

  Reichsbank return of

  and reparations

  reputation of

  and stock market

  Stresemann meeting with

  and Strong

  Thompson interview of

  and translating sums of money

  on U.S.

  U.S. visits of

  war service of

  on World War I

  writings of

  and Young Conference/Plan

  Schacht, Jens

  Schacht, Wilhelm Ludwig L.M.

  Scheidemann, Philipp

  Schroders

  Second Bank of the United States

  Second Dawes Conference. See Young (Owen) Conference (Paris, 1929)

  Senate, U.S.

  and central bank plan

  Committee on Banking and Currency of

  Meyer confirmation by

  and Treaty of Versailles

  Serbia, Austrian declaration of war against

  1718 Club

  Siepmann, Harry

  silver, remonetization of

  Skinner, Clarence

  Smoot-Hawley Act (1930)

  Snowden, Philip

  Social Democrats

  Socialists

  Somary, Felix

  South America

  Soviet Union. See also Russia

  speculation

  and British economy

  currency

  and Dawes Committee

  as destabilizing economy

  in England

  and French economy

  in Germany

  Hoover’s concerns about

  and “real bills” theory

  stock market

  and U.S. gold reserve

  Sprague, Oliver

  Stamp, Josiah

  State Department, U.S.

  Steffeck, Fräulein

  Steffens, Lincoln

  Stimson, Henry

  stock exchanges, European

  closure of

  suspension of trading in

  stock market

  bankers’ consortium to rescue

  bifurcation in 1920s

  and blame for Great Depression

  as bubble/mania

  central bankers concerns about

  and characteristics of Great Depression

  collapse (2000) of

  and credit

  as destabilizing force

  and devaluation of dollar

  and divisions with Federal Reserve System

  and European central banks

  and Federal Reserve Board/System

  and financial press

  folk heroes of

  forecasts/predictions about

  as gambling

  and gold standard

  impact on Europe of

  and interest rates

  Keynes’s views about

  losses in

  and monetary policy

  Norman’s views about

  stock market (cont.)

  October 1929 crash of

  panic in

  reopening of

  and Roosevelt bank rescue package

  and selling by large stock traders

  size of U.S.

  speculation in

  Strong’s concerns about

  “un petit coup de whisky” for

  as U.S. national pasttime

  Strachey, Lytton

  Straight, Willard

  Stresemann, Gustav

  Strong, Benjamin

  achievements of

  on American character

  and American tourists in Europe

  appearance of

  at Bankers Trust Company

  and blame for Great Depression

  and British economy

  and British-French relations

  and British-U.S. relations

  as celebrity

  and central bank plan

  and credit

  criticisms of

  Davison relationship with

  and Dawes Plan

  death of

  and divisions within Federal Reserve System

  on Europe

  European travels of

  and events leading to World War I

  and “The Family”

  financial affairs of

  and French economy

  and French-British relations

  and German economy

  and gold standard

  Harrison as protégé of

  health of

  and Hoover

  importance of

  and inflation

  and interest rates

  internationalism of

  as inventor of modern central banker

  and isolationism

  and Jekyll Island meeting

  and J.P. Morgan & Co. meeting

  and Keynes

  leadership abilities of

  and Long Island meeting

  and Mellon

  monetary policy guidelines of

  and Moreau

  and Moreau-Norman disagreements

  named governor of Federal Reserve Bank of New York

  and need for coordination among central banks

  and Norman

  and Panic of 1907

  personal background of

  personal life of

  personality/character of

  professional background of

  as reflection of national psyche

  and reparations

  resignation from New York Fed of

  and role of Federal Reserve System

  round-the-world trip of

  and Schacht

  and speculation

  and stock market

  and translating sums of money

  on Treaty of Versailles

  and war debts

  Strong, Benjamin Jr. (son)

  Sumner, Grayson Maximillian II, Lord

  Swiss National Bank

  Taft, Robert

  Taft, William

  Tardieu, André

  taxes

  in France

  in Germany

  as source of funding for World War I

  Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

  Thomas amendment

  Thyssen, Fritz

  Time magazine

  Toynbee, Arnold

  A Tract on
Monetary Reform (Keynes)

  Trading with the Enemy Act (1917)

  transfer protection clause (Dawes Plan)

  Treasury, U.K.

  Treasury, U.S.

  Treaty of Versailles

  disillusionment about

  German reactions to

  and Germany domestic policy

  proposed modifications to

  and reparations

  Strong’s views about

  terms of

  U.S. rejection of

  and Young conference

  Trichet, Jean-Claude

  Truman, Harry S.

  Truth-in-Securities Act (U.S. 1933)

  unemployment

  as characteristic of Great Depression

  and impact of Great Crash

  Keynes’s book about

  Union of London and Smith’s Bank

  United States

  and American character

  and anti-Americanism

  and balance of world financial power

  as center of international finance

  credit in

  currency stabilization in

  and Dawes Plan

  deflation in

  devaluation of dollar in

  dollar decline of

  early years of Depression in

  economic growth of

  elections of 1932 in

  entry into World War I of

  European loans to

  foreign investment in Europe by

  French image in

  funding for war in

  GDP in

  gold buying by

  gold reserves of

  gold standard in

  impact of Great Crash on

  impact of Great Depression on

  impact of war years on

  inflation in

  interest rates in

  and international bank proposal

  isolationism in

  Jews in

  manufacturing/industry in

  money supply in

  and moratorium on reparations and war debt

  optimism about 1930 economy in

  prices in

  protectionism in

  public confidence in

  recession in

  and reparations

  Shylock image of

  as source for funding of World War I

  spending for war in

  taxes in

  unemployment in

  and Versailles Treaty

  and war debts

  world mission of

  United Steel Limited

  United Steel Works

  U.S. Steel

  Vandenberg, Arthur

  Vanderlip, Frank

  Vansitartt, Robert

  Vissering, Gerard

  Von Lumm, Karl

  Wallace, Henry

  war

  Angell’s views about

  economic benefits of

  war debts

  and anti-Americanism

  and attempts to rescue German economy

  and blame for Great Depression

  congressional stipulations on

  war debts (cont.)

  defaults on

  Hoover declares moratorium on

  as legacy of World War I

  and Liberty bonds

  and London Economic Conference

  moratorium on payments for

  and Paris Peace Conference