Foreign Exchange Stabilization

05/08/2009 Articles of Interest Benjamin Anderson

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The text of a speech given by University of California at Los Angeles professor of economics Benjamin M. Anderson on May 11, 1943, which deals with the subject of foreign exchange stabilization.

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Delivered before the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York, New York City, February 3, 1944.

Foreign Exchange Stabilization

05/08/2009 Articles of Interest Benjamin Anderson

The text of a speech given by University of California at Los Angeles professor of economics Benjamin M. Anderson on May 11, 1943, which deals with the subject of foreign exchange stabilization.

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