The Summit: Bretton Woods, 1944: J. M. Keynes and the Reshaping of the Global Economy

Ed Conway

Feb 2015 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by Ralph Lister

About this audiobook

The meeting of world leaders at Bretton Woods in 1944 was the only time countries from around the world agreed to overhaul the structure of the international monetary system. The system they set up presided over the longest, strongest, and most stable period of growth the world economy has ever seen. At the very heart of the conference was the love-hate relationship between the Briton John Maynard Keynes, the greatest economist of his day, and his American counterpart Harry Dexter White (later revealed to be passing information secretly to Russian spies). Both were intent on creating an economic settlement that would put right the wrongs of Versailles. Both were working to prevent another world war. But they were also working to defend their countries' national interests. Drawing on a wealth of unpublished accounts, diaries, and oral histories, this brilliant book describes the conference in stunning color and clarity. This is an extraordinary debut from a talented historian.

About the author

Ed Conway is the economics editor of Sky News. Previously, he was the economics editor of the Daily Telegraph and the Sunday Telegraph. He was appointed to this role at age twenty-five, making him the youngest ever economics editor of a British national newspaper. Ed lives in London.

Ralph Lister is an award-winning stage and film actor whose credits include roles in Oz: The Great and Powerful, Setup, and Alleged. An Audie Award-nominated narrator, Ralph has recorded more than one hundred audiobooks and directed over a dozen others, across all genres, both fiction and nonfiction.