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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