Easy Money Evolution of the Global Financial System to the Great Bubble Burst - Kaul, Vivek (SAGE Publications, 2014)
Cover; Praise for Easy Money: Evolution of Money from Robinson Crusoe to the First World War; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; 1 -- Coup De Whiskey; 2 -- The Great Depression; 3 -- The Men Who Knew Too Much; 4 -- Hitler Falling, Dollar Rising!; 5 -- Exorbitant Priviledge; 6 -- The American Promise; 7 -- The Man Who Would Be King; 8 -- When a Tokyo Palace Became More Expensive Than California; 9 -- Irrational Exuberance; 10 -- But A Pin Lies In Wait For Every Bubble; 11 -- After The Crash; 12 -- Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Appendix; Index; About the Author
The second book in the Easy Money trilogy discusses how the global financial system evolved in the aftermath of the First World War and how that finally led to the dot-com crash in the United States, in the early 2000s. It gives an overview of how in the aftermath of the First World War, Europe was in major trouble. The book also analyzes how the United Kingdom of Great Britain, which was once the premier nation of the world, lost out to its former colony, the United States of America. The domi