Martin Daunton

An epic history of money, trade and development since 1933 This is the history of the institutions and individuals who have managed the global economy, from the World Monetary and Economic Conference in the wake of the Great Depression to the present, as leading nations tackle the fallout from Covid-19 and the threats of inflation, food security and climate change....

An epic history of money, trade and development since 1933. In 1933, Keynes reflected on the crisis of the Great Depression that arose from individualistic capitalism: "It is not intelligent, it is not beautiful, it is not just, it is not virtuous - and it doesn't deliver the goods... But when we wonder what to put in its place, we...