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Dollar Commonwealth

In: The Dollar-Mark Axis: On Currency Power

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  • Brendan Brown

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For some international money investors, the late 1970s could have been described as the ‘Great Deflation’. An Italian, whose favoured money was Swiss francs and whose monetary wealth was held predominately in francs, would have perceived a falling price for the Italian shopping basket. Possibly less than 100 miles distant, in Geneva, a less fortunate investor may have experienced the worst inflation of his lifetime. A Geneva resident whose favourite money was US dollars would have perceived a rocketing price for his shopping basket.

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  • Brendan Brown, 1979. "Dollar Commonwealth," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: The Dollar-Mark Axis: On Currency Power, chapter 6, pages 131-146, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-04245-6_6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-04245-6_6
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