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The Gold Standard and the Great Depression
Barry Eichengreen
University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)
Peter Temin
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
June 1997
NBER Working Paper No. w6060
Abstract:
This paper, written primarily for historians, attempts to explain why political leaders and central bankers continued to adhere to the gold standard as the Great Depression intensified. We do not focus on the effects of the gold standard on the Depression, which we and others have documented elsewhere, but on the reasons why policy makers chose the policies they did. We argue that the mentality of the gold standard was pervasive and compelling to the leaders of the interwar economy. It was expressed and reinforced by the discourse among these leaders. It was opposed and finally defeated by mass politics, but only after the interaction of national policies had drawn the world into the Great Depression.
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Date posted: July 14, 2000
Suggested CitationEichengreen, Barry and Temin, Peter , The Gold Standard and the Great Depression (June 1997). NBER Working Paper No. w6060. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=226470
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