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The Untold Story Of How Fdr Did The Unthinkable To Save The American Economy. The American Economy Is Strong In Large Part Because Nobody Believes That America Would Ever Default On Its Debt. Yet In 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt Did Just That, When In A Bid To Pull The Country Out Of Depression, He Depreciated The U.s. Dollar In Relation To Gold, Effectively Annulling All Debt Contracts. American Default Is The Story Of This Forgotten Chapter In America's History. Sebastian Edwards Provides A Compelling Account Of The Economic And Legal Drama That Embroiled A Nation Already Reeling From Global Financial Collapse. It Began On April 5, 1933, When Fdr Ordered Americans To Sell All Their Gold Holdings To The Government. This Was Followed By The Abandonment Of The Gold Standard, The Unilateral And Retroactive Rewriting Of Contracts, And The Devaluation Of The Dollar. Anyone Who Held Public And Private Debt Suddenly Saw Its Value Reduced By Nearly Half, And Debtors--including The U.s. Government—suddenly Owed Their Creditors Far Less. Revaluing The Dollar Imposed A Hefty Loss On Investors And Savers, Many Of Them Middle-class American Families. The Banks Fought Back, And A Bitter Battle Fo

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Author

Sebastian Edwards

Publisher

Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9780691196046

Category

politics

Subjects

History, Political Science, Economics

Rating

4.6 / 5 (67 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14