"First published 1975 by William Kimber & Co."--Title page verso.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-260) and index.
Contents
Note to the 2010 ed. -- Prologue -- Gold for iron -- Joyless streets -- The bill presented -- Delirium of milliards -- The slide to hyperinflation -- Summer of '22 -- The Habsburg inheritance -- Autumn paper-chase -- Ruhrkampf -- Summer of '23 -- Havenstein -- The bottom of the abyss -- Schacht -- Unemployment breaks out -- The wounds are bared -- Epilogue.
Summary
Presents a history of the 1923 German economic crisis that made the currency worthless, reduced the country to a barter economy, and left severe social unrest in its wake.
