Author:
Brown, Brendan, 1951- author.
ImprintCham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018]
Imprint2018.
Descriptionx, 232 pages ; 22 cm
Note:1. Next: the fifth stabilization experiment under fiat money -- 2. Origins of the global 2% inflation standard -- 3. Diagnosis of monetary inflation in asset markets -- 4. Manipulation of long-term interest rates -- 5. A failure of US checks and balances -- 6. Digitalization, camouflage, and monetary inflation -- 7. Much ruin in Japan's journey to 2% -- 8. Germany abdicates hard money power -- 9. Unaffordable housing and poor-quality money -- 10. Negative interest rates and the war against cash -- 11. Experiments in crash postponement: 1927/29 versus 2016/18 -- 12. Wealth creation and destruction under the 2% regime -- 13. From the first monetary chaos to twenty-first-century gold.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
