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Bretton Woods and the Birth of the World Bank
Bretton Woods Conference delegates including U.K delegate and Commission II leader Lord John Maynard Keynes (center). Years of planning and discussion preceded Bretton Woods and laid the foundation ...
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A New Bretton Woods?
When French President Nicolas Sarkozy and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown called for a "new Bretton Woods" agreement in October 2008 ... By mid-1942, the U.K.'s John Maynard Keynes and Harry ...
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An in-depth look at John Maynard Keynes' life and economic theories—and how he influenced FDR and Ben Bernanke
John Maynard Keynes served as ... In 1944, around the end of World War II, Keynes led the U.K. economic delegation to the Bretton Woods conference, which effectively created the rules for a ...
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75th Anniversary of Bretton Woods Events
This year marks the 75 th anniversary of the Bretton Woods conference that created the World Bank and its sister institution, the International Monetary Fund (IMF). From July 1 to 22, 1944, ...