War and Gold

Author: Kwasi Kwarteng
Publisher: PublicAffairs
ISBN: 1610391969
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 441

Book Description
The world was wild for gold. After discovering the Americas, and under pressure to defend their vast dominion, the Habsburgs of Spain promoted gold and silver exploration in the New World with ruthless urgency. But, the great influx of wealth brought home by plundering conquistadors couldn't compensate for the Spanish government's extraordinary military spending, which would eventually bankrupt the country multiple times over and lead to the demise of the great empire. Gold became synonymous with financial dependability, and following the devastating chaos of World War I, the gold standard came to express the order of the free market system. Warfare in pursuit of wealth required borrowing -- a quickly compulsive dependency for many governments. And when people lost confidence in the promissory notes and paper currencies issued during wartime, governments again turned to gold. In this captivating historical study, Kwarteng exposes a pattern of war-waging and financial debt -- bedmates like April and taxes that go back hundreds of years, from the French Revolution to the emergence of modern-day China. His evidence is as rich and colorful as it is sweeping. And it starts and ends with gold.

The War on Gold

Author: Antony Sutton
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781939438126
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 232

Book Description
The War on Gold is a definitive study of the past, present, and future of the metal that Keynesian economists and political schemers have denounced as a barbarous relic. The war on gold began several centuries ago, when politicians discovered they could print limitless amounts of paper currency for a small fraction of the cost of using gold as money. It has accelerated in recent years...as the U.S. acquired paper debt, deficits, which led to double-dip inflation, and internationalists plotted to create a new world order.

Lost Gold of the Dark Ages

Author: Caroline Alexander
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1426208146
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 244

Book Description
Presents a history of England from the departure of Roman forces in 450 A.D. to the Norman invasion of 1066, focusing on the gold and silver artifacts of the Staffordshire Hoard found in 2009 to highlight the events and art of the period.

Stonewall's Gold

Author: Robert Mrazek
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312281892
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 8

Book Description
A young Civil War soldier discovers a cache of gold in the Shenandoah Valley.

American Default

Author: Sebastian Edwards
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691196044
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 288

Book Description
The untold story of how FDR did the unthinkable to save the American economy.

The Big Reset

Author: Willem Middelkoop
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789462980273
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Describes the history and characteristics of our current financial system by showing the true value and background of money and the benefits of investing in gold.

Why Gold? Why Now?

Author: E. B. Tucker
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781735104812
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 238

Book Description
Investment industry veteran and gold expert E.B. Tucker explores why now is the time to protect your wealth. He guides readers through a history of government money losing value compared to gold which stands the test of time. A "how to guide" for anyone concerned about the state of money today, this 3-part book explains why gold is a trusted asset in the ranks of the world's financial elite.Gold is the only asset that's not someone else's liability. Apartments rely on paying tenants, stocks rely on company profits, bonds rely on stable interest payments. Gold doesn't rely on anyone or anything for its value. That makes it unique among assets. During a period of financial turmoil, it's invaluable. Tucker guides investors in simple terms through the ways to own gold, from physical bars, to coins, and even mining stocks. He also discusses his favorite method, gold royalty companies. From a financial novice to an investment professional looking to get up to speed on the gold market, Why Gold? Why Now? is the essential guide to the world of gold.

The Deutsche Bank and Its Gold Transactions During the Second World War

Author: Jonathan Steinberg
Publisher: C.H.Beck
ISBN: 9783406445521
Category : Banks and banking
Languages : en
Pages : 178

Book Description

The California Gold Rush and the Coming of the Civil War

Author: Leonard L. Richards
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307277577
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 306

Book Description
Award-winning historian Leonard L. Richards gives us an authoritative and revealing portrait of an overlooked harbinger of the terrible battle that was to come. When gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill in 1848, Americans of all stripes saw the potential for both wealth and power. Among the more calculating were Southern slave owners. By making California a slave state, they could increase the value of their slaves—by 50 percent at least, and maybe much more. They could also gain additional influence in Congress and expand Southern economic clout, abetted by a new transcontinental railroad that would run through the South. Yet, despite their machinations, California entered the union as a free state. Disillusioned Southerners would agitate for even more slave territory, leading to the Kansas-Nebraska Act and, ultimately, to the Civil War itself.

England's Cross of Gold

Author: James Ashley Morrison
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1501758438
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 261

Book Description
In England's Cross of Gold, James Ashley Morrison challenges the conventional view that the UK's ruinous return to gold in 1925 was inevitable. Instead, he offers a new perspective on the struggles among elites in London to define and redefine the gold standard—from the first discussions during the Great War; through the titanic ideological clash between Winston Churchill and John Maynard Keynes; to the final, ill-fated implementation of the "new gold standard." Following World War I, Churchill promised to restore the ancient English gold standard—and thus Britain's greatness. Keynes portended that this would prove to be one of the most momentous—and ill-advised—decisions in financial history. From the vicious peace settlement at Versailles to the Great Depression, the gold standard was central to the worst disasters of the time. Economically, Churchill's move exacerbated the difficulties of repairing economies shattered by war. Politically, it set countries at odds as each endeavored to amass gold, sowing the seeds of further strife. England's Cross of Gold, grounded in masterful archival research, reveals that these events turned crucially on the beliefs of a handful of pivotal policymakers. It recasts the legends of Churchill, Keynes, and their collision, and it shows that the gold standard itself was a metaphysical abstraction rooted more in mythology than material reality.