The French Franc Between the Wars 1919–1939

✍ Scribed by Martin Wolfe

• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Year: 2019
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 232
• Series: Studies in History, Economics, and Public Law; 569
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Focuses on the changes in purchase power and the exchange value of the French franc from 1919-1939. First through the evolution of the national monetary policy and second through statistical evidence on development in prices, production, trade and payment, income and employment, and the money market.

✦ Table of Contents

PREFACE
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I French Financial and Monetary Institutions to 1924 The Financial and Fiscal Setting
The Franc during War and Reconstruction
CHAPTER II The Four-Sou Franc The End of the Germinal Franc
The French Economy in the Post-War Decade
Monetary Policy in the Reconstruction Decade
CHAPTER III " The Strongest Currency in the World " The Depression and the Treasury, 1929-1932
The " Golden Glow "—French Business Conditions, 1929-1932
The Aftermath of the Golden Glow
Depression and Deflation The Fight to Save the Gold Franc, 1933-1936
Depression and Stagnation
Why Deflation?
CHAPTER V Popular Front Experiments From Left to Right : The Monetary Policies of the Popular Front
Prosperity Unregained
Some Observations on the Blum Experiments
CHAPTER VI The Return to Confidence The Paper Franc, 1937-1939
Pre-War Business Conditions
CHAPTER VII Summary and Conclusions
APPENDIXES
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
INDEX