Carl-Ludwig Holtfrerich

Edward A. Tenenbaum and the Deutschmark

How an American Jew Became the Father of Germany's Postwar Economic Revival

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Produktbeschreibung

Elevates Tenenbaum to his proper place in West Germany's economic history and demystifies Ludwig Erhard's claim to the Deutschmark 1948.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 794
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781009492812
• ISBN-10: 1009492810
• Artikelnr.: 70205768

Autorenporträt

Carl-Ludwig Holtfrerich is Professor of Economics and Economic History at John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies of the Freie Universität Berlin. He is the author of The Great German Inflation 1914 to 1923 (1986) and has published extensively on business and banking history as well as domestic and foreign economic-policy issues. He is the recipient of The Financial Times/Booz-Allen & Hamilton Global Business Book Award and the Helmut Schmidt Prize in German-American Economic History at the German Historical Institute in Washington DC.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Ludwig Erhard, who took credit for Edward A. Tenenbaum's success
3. Edward A. Tenenbaum's family roots, adolescence, and military experience until 1946
4. In action for OMGUS and currency reform in Germany 1946-1948
5. From OMGUS to civil service in Washington DC and for Europe 1948-1953
6. Life and fate as a business and family man 1953-1975 and beyond
7. Conclusion.