William L Silber: 3 books
Volcker
The Triumph of Persistence
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2012
Over the course of nearly half a century, five American presidents-three Democrats and two Republicans-have relied on the financial acumen, and the integrity, of Paul A. Volcker. During his tenure as chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, when he battled the Great Inflation of the 1970s, Volcker did...
When Washington Shut Down Wall Street
The Great Financial Crisis of 1914 and the Origins of America's Monetary Supremacy
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2014
When Washington Shut Down Wall Street unfolds like a mystery story. It traces Treasury Secretary William Gibbs McAdoo's triumph over a monetary crisis at the outbreak of World War I that threatened the United States with financial disaster. The biggest gold outflow in a generation imperiled America's...
The Story of Silver
How the White Metal Shaped America and the Modern World
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2019
How silver influenced two hundred years of world history, and why it matters today
This is the story of silver’s transformation from soft money during the nineteenth century to hard asset today, and how manipulations of the white metal by American president Franklin D. Roosevelt during the...