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Karl Helfferich, 1872-1924: Economist, Financier, Politician
By (Author) John G. Williamson
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
28th June 2016
United States
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Political leaders and leadership
Social and cultural history
European history
330.092
Hardback
462
Width 178mm, Height 254mm
992g
An irascible, brilliant man, trained as an economist, Karl Helfferich became one of Wilhelmine Germany's leading financiers in the years after 1905. During World War I, he held a series of important Reich offices and, after 1918, became a leading right-wing politician in the Weimar Republic. As creator of the basic plan to stabilize the mark in 192