Three days at Camp David : how a secret meeting in 1971 transformed the global economy
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Garten, Jeffrey E., 1946-
Published
New York, N.Y. : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2021].
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Book
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First edition.
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435 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
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973.924 Gar
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Published
New York, N.Y. : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2021].
Edition
First edition.
Language
English

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-424) and index.
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"The former dean of the Yale School of Management and Undersecretary of Commerce in the Clinton administration chronicles the 1971 August meeting at Camp David, where President Nixon unilaterally ended the last vestiges of the gold standard -- breaking the link between gold and the dollar -- transforming the entire global monetary system"--,Provided by publisher.

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Camp David (Md.)
Dollar -- History -- 20th century.
Gold standard -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Monetary policy -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Nixon, Richard M. -- (Richard Milhous), -- 1913-1994.
United States -- Economic conditions -- 1971-1981.
United States -- Economic policy -- 1971-1981.