Benn Steil "The Battle of Bretton Woods"

This event was recorded at Politics & Prose book store in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, April 21, 2013. For more information, go to:
The Battle of Bretton Woods: John Maynard Keynes, Harry Dexter White, and the Making of a New World Order, by Benn Steil
The July 1944 meeting of representatives from some forty-four countries in New Hampshire laid the foundations of the postwar economic system for years to come. In his deeply researched account, Steil focuses on John Maynard Keynes and Harry Dexter White, showing their ideas and personalities, but also delving into the Anglo-American geopolitical rivalry and laying out White's engagement with Soviet intelligence.

[@AlwaysHopeful87]

Thanks for posting. Nice cliff hanger. Wonder what Dr. Steil means by a "rupture"

[@jamesmoylan2861]

My comment I think I left about 5 years ago was really good. Basically what I said you can see under the video Bretton Woods United news. I think I mentioned that when he mentioned D Day he puts his hand to his eye is that in the video?

[@Johnnycdrums]

He was right about the British Empire, we should have finished them off, they still pull the strings.

[@artemisrafti3956]

Sarcasm?

[@gregorybrennan8539]

"We were more generous with the Soviet Union and China then we were with Great Britton because we saw the real threat being Great Britton". Wrong! The US never got repaid for the Money that Great Britton owed America from WW1 so CONGRESS passed legislation that Tied Presidents Rosivelt s hands as far as giving aid to Great Briton who unfortunately they saw as welchers even when they were standing ALONE against pure evil None the less I will read this book from this intelligent author.

[@DavidWhiting-nj6ni]

Hi Greg - why did the USA decide to fight pure evil?

[@SerbStef]

@@DavidWhiting-nj6ni for sure must have been because the US carries the peace torch haha

[@TomBrooklyn]

Low volume issue this video.

[@19battlehill]

Not any European heads the IMF -- it is always a FRENCH person that heads the IMF. Why??? That was an appeasement to the French, so that the US could re industrialize Germany, which they were against. The French were seen as the carriage driver and the Germany as the horse.