The Great Depression was the most devastating and destructive economic event to afflict the global economy since the beginning of the twentieth century. What, then, were the origins of the Great Depression and what have we learned about the appropriate policy responses to economic depressions...

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Boxes, Figures, and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I. The Role of the International Monetary Fund -- 1. The Essence of Bretton Woods: Monetary Cooperation -- 2. The International Monetary Issues of the Bretton Woods...