A Rabble of Dead Money by Morris, Charles R. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Title Page Copyright Table of Contents Dedication List of Figures Foreword Prelude PART ONE: AMERICA DISCOVERS THE MODERN

I. The Jazz Age II. Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and Insull III. And Then Came Ford IV. Transformations: New York City V. The View from Below: Muncie, Indiana VI. Dislocations

PART TWO: “ONE HECKUVA BOOM”

I. Trickle-down Economics II. From War to Prosperity III. Electrifying Chicago IV. David Buick, Billy Durant, Alfred Sloan, and the Modern Car Industry V. What Happened to Ford? VI. A Productivity Bonanza VII. Spinoffs VIII. Laggards: Agriculture IX. Laggards: Real Estate X. On the Eve of the Crash

PART THREE: THE CRASH IN THE UNITED STATES

I. New York Stock Exchange II. The Rise of Herbert Hoover III. Charting the Fall IV. The Worm’s Eye View V. The Banking Crises of the Great Depression VI. The Twilight of the Gods I: Insull VII. The Twilight of the Gods II: Kreuger

PART FOUR: BLOOD, GOLD, AND UNPAID DEBTS

I. Entanglements II. The Gold Standard III. Germany, 1919–1925: Vengeance, Reparations, and War Debts IV. The Dawes and Young Plans V. England, 1919–1925: Churchill (Sort of) Chooses Resumption VI. The French Rollercoaster VII. The End of Cooperation VIII. Germany Unravels IX. The Golden Jihad X. Getting What You Wish For

PART FIVE: ROOSEVELT, REFLATION, AND RECOVERY

I. World Monetary & Economic Conference II. Devaluing the Dollar III. Creating the “New Deal” IV. The New Deal in Overview V. The New Deal in Detail VI. The Rest of the New Deal: A Roundup VII. Econometric Analyses VIII. Catastrophe IX. The Unemployment Conundrum X. The Great Leap Forward

PART SIX: THE GEOLOGY OF THE COLLAPSE

I. The Legacy of War II. The Big Picture III. The Details IV. A Postscript to the Reader

Acknowledgments Photo Credits Appendix: Milking the Insull Structure Notes Index About the Author Also by Charles R. Morris