05534nam a22008415i 4500 000682593 DE-B1597 20210219112914.0 m|||||o||d|||||||| cr || |||||||| 200406t20192019nju fo d z eng d NEZPRACOVANÝ IMPORT 9780691184517 10.1515/9780691184517 doi (DE-B1597)502921 (OCoLC)1078875537 eng nju US-NJ HG301 BUS023000 bisacsh 332.63/28 23 Silber, William L. aut The Story of Silver : How the White Metal Shaped America and the Modern World / William L. Silber. Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2019] ©2019 1 online resource (328 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- From the Author -- Main Characters -- Introduction. Obsession -- CHAPTER 1. Hamilton's Design -- CHAPTER 2. Solving the Crime of 1873 -- CHAPTER 3. Free Silver -- CHAPTER 4. Seeds of Roosevelt's Manipulation -- CHAPTER 5. FDR Promotes Silver -- CHAPTER 6. Silver Subsidy -- CHAPTER 7. China and America Collide -- CHAPTER 8. Bombshell in Shanghai -- CHAPTER 9. Silver Lining -- CHAPTER 10. Costly Victory -- CHAPTER 11. JFK's Double Cross -- CHAPTER 12. LBJ Nails the Coffin Shut -- CHAPTER 13. Psychiatrist's Meltdown -- CHAPTER 14. Battle Lines -- CHAPTER 15. Nelson Bunker Hunt -- CHAPTER 16. Heavyweight Fight -- CHAPTER 17. Saudi Connection -- CHAPTER 18. Silver Soars -- CHAPTER 19. Collapse -- CHAPTER 20. The Trial -- CHAPTER 21. Buffett's Manipulation? -- CHAPTER 22. Message from Omaha -- CHAPTER 23. The Past Informs the Future -- Note -- Selected Bibliography -- About the Author -- Illustration Credits -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star How silver influenced two hundred years of world history, and why it matters todayThis 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 1930s and by the richest man in the world, Texas oil baron Nelson Bunker Hunt, during the 1970s altered the course of American and world history. FDR pumped up the price of silver to help jump start the U.S. economy during the Great Depression, but this move weakened China, which was then on the silver standard, and facilitated Japan's rise to power before World War II. Bunker Hunt went on a silver-buying spree during the 1970s to protect himself against inflation and triggered a financial crisis that left him bankrupt.Silver has been the preferred shelter against government defaults, political instability, and inflation for most people in the world because it is cheaper than gold. The white metal has been the place to hide when conventional investments sour, but it has also seduced sophisticated investors throughout the ages like a siren. This book explains how powerful figures, up to and including Warren Buffett, have come under silver's thrall, and how its history guides economic and political decisions in the twenty-first century. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Apr 2020) Mines and mineral resources Economic aspects. Silver industry History. Silver History. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2019 English 9783110610765 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2019 9783110664232 ZDB-23-DGG Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Economics 2019 9783110606065 ZDB-23-DBV Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Economics, Law & Social Sciences 2019 ENG 9783110610130 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter PUP eBook-Package Pilot Project 2019 9783110652048 https://zdroje.vse.cz/login?url=https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691184517 Plný text https://knihovna.vse.cz/zdroje/e-knihy-de-gruyter/?info Informace o práci s e-knihami DG-OWNED EB NEPOSILAT EB 978-3-11-061013-0 EBOOK PACKAGE Economics, Law & Social Sciences 2019 ENG 2019 978-3-11-061076-5 EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2019 English 2019 978-3-11-065204-8 PUP eBook-Package Pilot Project 2019 2019 EBA_CL_LAEC EBA_EBKALL EBA_ECL_LAEC EBA_EEBKALL EBA_ESSHALL EBA_ESTMALL EBA_PPALL EBA_SSHALL EBA_STMALL GBV-deGruyter-alles PDA11SSHE PDA12STME PDA13ENGE PDA17SSHEE PDA18STME PDA5EBK ZDB-23-DBV 2019 ZDB-23-DGG 2019