TY  - BOOK
AU  - Coggan,Philip
TI  - Paper promises: debt, money, and the new world order 
SN  - 1610391268 (hardcover)
PY  - 2012///
CY  - New York
PB  - PublicAffairs
KW  - Credit
KW  - Debt
KW  - Dollar, American
KW  - Financial services industry
KW  - International finance
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 282-285) and index; The nature of money -- Ignoring Polonius -- Going for gold -- Money and the Depression -- Dancing with the dollar -- Paper promises -- Blowing bubbles -- Riding the gravy train -- The crisis begins -- Not so risk-free -- Bequeathing our debts -- Paying the bill -- A new order
N2  - A columnist for the "Economist" discusses the history of monetary booms and busts and describes the consequences of the enormous amounts of unrepayable debt racked up by the United States for the country and its citizens
ER  -