Book contents
- Money and Empire
- Studies in New Economic Thinking
- Money and Empire
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- I Intellectual Formation, 1910–1948
- Chapter 1 Golden Boy
- Chapter 2 Columbia
- Chapter 3 Hot Money
- Chapter 4 A Good War
- II International Economist, 1948–1976
- III Historical Economist, 1976–2003
- Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 1 - Golden Boy
from I - Intellectual Formation, 1910–1948
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 June 2022
- Money and Empire
- Studies in New Economic Thinking
- Money and Empire
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- I Intellectual Formation, 1910–1948
- Chapter 1 Golden Boy
- Chapter 2 Columbia
- Chapter 3 Hot Money
- Chapter 4 A Good War
- II International Economist, 1948–1976
- III Historical Economist, 1976–2003
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Born 1910, the son of a prosperous New York lawyer, Charles P. Kindleberger grew up in the Roaring Twenties, eventually finding his way to economics at Columbia University starting in 1933. Curiosity about the world, not so much desire to make it better, was his driving motivation.
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- Money and EmpireCharles P. Kindleberger and the Dollar System, pp. 11 - 29Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022