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Weimar Germany

Europe

Not a current market: a historical case study, and the one every investor reaches for when discussing monetary debasement. Included because the 1922-23 German inflation is the best-documented hyperinflation there is, and because the reparations argument behind it is a permanent part of the literature.

Books 9Experts 1Recommenders 3

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  1. When Money DiesAdam Fergusson, 1975
  2. Lords of FinanceLiaquat Ahamed, 2009
  3. The Economics of InflationConstantino Bresciani-Turroni, 1937
The Economic Consequences of the PeaceThe Economic Consequences of the Peace
T1 The Economic Consequences of the Peace
John Maynard Keynes · 1919
Open LibraryGoodreads

Why Germany could not pay the 1919 reparations, and what they would do to Europe.

The Economics of Inflation
T1 The Economics of Inflation
Constantino Bresciani-Turroni · 1937
Open LibraryGoodreads

An economist's first-hand analysis of Germany's inflation from 1914 to 1923.

When Money DiesWhen Money Dies
T1 When Money Dies
Adam Fergusson · 1975
Open LibraryGoodreads

What Germany's 1921 to 1923 hyperinflation did to ordinary people's lives.

Recommended by: Balaji S. Srinivasan

Golden FettersGolden Fetters
T1 Golden Fetters
Barry J. Eichengreen · 1992
Open LibraryGoodreads

How the gold standard spread the Depression, and why leaving it early meant recovery.

Lords of FinanceLords of Finance
T1 Lords of Finance
Liaquat Ahamed · 2009
Open LibraryGoodreads

How four central bankers and the gold standard turned a slump into the Depression.

“I'm going to use "classic" again but rightfully so.” — Christopher Bloomstran

Source: Semper Augustus 2020 Letter to Clients, 'To Read or Not to Read', p. 57

Recommended by: Christopher Bloomstran, Mohnish Pabrai

The German Inflation, 1914-1923The German Inflation, 1914-1923
T2 The German Inflation, 1914-1923
Carl-Ludwig Holtfrerich · 1986
Open LibraryGoodreads

Germany's 1914 to 1923 inflation, with a more sympathetic view of its policy.

Hyperinflation and Stabilization in Weimar GHyperinflation and Stabilization in Weimar Germany
T2 Hyperinflation and Stabilization in Weimar Germany
Steven B. Webb · 1989
Open LibraryGoodreads

Monthly data tested against explanations of Germany's 1919 to 1923 inflation.

The Great Disorder: Politics, Economics, andThe Great Disorder: Politics, Economics, and Society in the German Inflation, 1914-1924
T2 The Great Disorder: Politics, Economics, and Society in the German Inflation, 1914-1924
Gerald D. Feldman · 1993
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The full political, social and economic history of Germany's 1914 to 1924 inflation.

The Downfall of Money
T3 The Downfall of Money
Frederick Taylor · 2013
Open LibraryGoodreads

Modern retelling with more on the stabilisation and the Rentenmark.

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