Irwin on the Great Depression and the Gold Standard

Douglas Irwin of Dartmouth College talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the role the gold standard played in the Great Depression. Irwin argues that France systematically accumulated large amounts of gold in the late 1920s and 1930s, imposing massive deflation on the rest of the world. Drawing on a recent paper of his, Irwin argues that France's role in worldwide deflation was greater than that of the United States and played a significant role in the economic contraction that followed.

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Irwin on the Great Depression and the Gold Standard is an episode from EconTalk Archives, 2010 by Library of Economics and Liberty.

This episode is 1:08:45 long.

This episode was published on Oct 11, 2010.

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