Three days at Camp David : how a secret meeting in 1971 transformed the global economy

Three days at Camp David : how a secret meeting in 1971 transformed the global economy / Jeffrey E. Garten.

Author/creator	Garten, Jeffrey E., 1946- author.
Format	Book and Print
Edition	First edition.
Publication Info	New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2021]
Copyright Notice	©2021
Description	435 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994. Monetary policy--United States --History --20th century. Gold standard--United States --History --20th century. Dollar--History --20th century. United States--Economic conditions --1971-1981. United States--Economic policy --1971-1981. Camp David (Md.)

Variant title	3 days at Camp David
Contents	Introduction -- Curtain up. Richard Nixon ascending ; The economic crisis ; A run on the dollar? -- The cast. Richard M. Nixon ; John B. Connally Jr. ; Paul A. Volcker Jr. ; Arthur F. Burns ; George P. Schultz ; Peter G. Peterson ; Other players: Paul W. McCracken and Henry A. Kissinger -- The weekend. The wolf at the door ; Friday, August 13 ; Saturday, August 14 ; Sunday, August 15 -- The finale. The aftermath ; The finishing line ; The long view ; The weekend in retrospect.
Abstract	"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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-424) and index.
Genre/form	History.
ISBN	9780062887672
ISBN	006288767X

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	E855 .G375 2021	✔ Available	Place Hold