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.