TY - BOOK AU - Wolfe,Martin TI - The French Franc Between the Wars 1919–1939 T2 - Studies in History, Economics, and Public Law SN - 9780231935043 PY - 1951///] CY - New York, NY : PB - Columbia University Press, KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic Conditions KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; PREFACE --; CONTENTS --; CHAPTER I French Financial and Monetary Institutions to 1924 The Financial and Fiscal Setting --; The Franc during War and Reconstruction --; CHAPTER II The Four-Sou Franc The End of the Germinal Franc --; The French Economy in the Post-War Decade --; Monetary Policy in the Reconstruction Decade --; CHAPTER III " The Strongest Currency in the World " The Depression and the Treasury, 1929-1932 --; The " Golden Glow "—French Business Conditions, 1929-1932 --; The Aftermath of the Golden Glow --; Depression and Deflation The Fight to Save the Gold Franc, 1933-1936 --; Depression and Stagnation --; Why Deflation? --; CHAPTER V Popular Front Experiments From Left to Right : The Monetary Policies of the Popular Front --; Prosperity Unregained --; Some Observations on the Blum Experiments --; CHAPTER VI The Return to Confidence The Paper Franc, 1937-1939 --; Pre-War Business Conditions --; CHAPTER VII Summary and Conclusions --; APPENDIXES --; BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES --; INDEX; restricted access N2 - Focuses on the changes in purchase power and the exchange value of the French franc from 1919-1939. First through the evolution of the national monetary policy and second through statistical evidence on development in prices, production, trade and payment, income and employment, and the money market UR - https://doi.org/10.7312/wolf93504 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780231894036 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780231894036.jpg ER -