{"product_id":"american-default-the-untold-story-of-fdr-the-supreme-court-and-the-battle-over-gold-9780691196046","title":"American Default: The Untold Story of Fdr, the Supreme Court, and the Battle Over Gold","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe untold story of how FDR did the unthinkable to save the American economy\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe American economy is strong in large part because nobody believes that America would ever default on its debt. Yet in 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt did just that, when in a bid to pull the country out of depression, he depreciated the US dollar in relation to gold, effectively annulling all debt contracts. From FDR's order for Americans to sell the government all their gold holdings to the Supreme Court confrontation that threatened to finish the New Deal, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Default\u003c\/i\u003e provides a compelling account of an economic and legal drama that embroiled a nation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sebastian Edwards\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/10\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.10w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691196046\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSebastian Edwards\u003c\/b\u003e is the Henry Ford II Professor of International Economics at the University of California, Los Angeles. His books include \u003ci\u003eToxic Aid\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLeft Behind\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40088143724659,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":20.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_99be968f-c71f-4a79-a50b-b4685f194932.jpg?v=1652624093","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/american-default-the-untold-story-of-fdr-the-supreme-court-and-the-battle-over-gold-9780691196046","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}