Austrian Reconstruction and the Collapse of Global Finance, 1921–1931
Author | : Nathan Marcus |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 480 |
Release | : 2018-02-05 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780674983045 |
ISBN-13 | : 0674983041 |
Rating | : 4/5 (45 Downloads) |
Download or read book Austrian Reconstruction and the Collapse of Global Finance, 1921–1931 written by Nathan Marcus and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2018-02-05 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although some statesmen and historians have pinned Austria’s—and the world’s—interwar economic implosion on financial colonialism, in this corrective history Nathan Marcus deemphasizes the negative role of external players and points to the greater impact of domestic malfeasance and predatory speculation on Austrian political and financial decline.