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The great contraction, 1929–1933 / with a new preface by Anna Jacobson Schwartz and a new introduction by Peter L. Bernstein ; [by] Milton Friedman and Anna Jacobson Schwartz.

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ISBN 978-0-691-13794-0 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Money—United States—History. 2. Currency question—United States—History. 3. Monetary policy—United States—History. I. Schwartz, Anna Jacobson. II. National Bureau of Economic Research. III. Title.

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