Book review: Harry White and the American creed: how a federal bureaucrat created the modern global economy (and failed to get the credit) by James M. Boughton

Gallagher, Kevin (2022) Book review: Harry White and the American creed: how a federal bureaucrat created the modern global economy (and failed to get the credit) by James M. Boughton. LSE Review of Books (05 Sep 2022). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

In Harry White and the American Creed: How a Federal Bureaucrat Created the Modern Global Economy (and Failed to Get the Credit), James M. Boughton gives a new account of how US Treasury economist Harry Dexter White came to write the rules for the international economic architecture at Bretton Woods in 1944. This perfectly timed book gives significant insights on the origins of the current economic system and what it might take to build it back better, writes Kevin Gallagher. Harry White and the American Creed: How a Federal Bureaucrat Created the Modern Global Economy (and Failed to Get the Credit). James M. Boughton. Yale University Press. 2021.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/
Additional Information:	© 2022 The Author
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) J Political Science > JK Political institutions (United States) H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions
Date Deposited:	23 Nov 2022 14:03
Last Modified:	15 Sep 2023 11:36
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/117070

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