Will Dollars Save the World?

New York - London: D. Appleton - Century Company , 1947. First printing denoted by no additional printings stated. Copyright 1947 by Henry Hazlitt. Large 6 1/4" x 9 1/4" volume. Fine dark green cloth boards, bold gilt embossed cover titles, slight shelf wear. Pages fine, bright. Bind fine; hinges intact. With Summary and Conclusions, Appendices, and Bibliography. Includes clipping from Newsweek March 1, 1948 column Business Tides by Hazlitt entitled "Who Advises the Advisers?" Near fine first edition rarity of honest economics. Insightful, digestible, yet comprehensive material. Hazlitt presents a conservative argument against loans for recovering post WWII European countries as a necessary aid to combat Communism. Contents: "The Author; Will Dollars Save the World?; Problem No. 1: Germany; The Policies of Ruritania; Effects of Over Valued Currencies; The Myth of a 'Dollar Famine'; Principles of Foreign Aid; American Aid vs. European Policy; The Minimum Reforms Needed; The Dilemma of Conditions; Policies More Important than Loans; Setting an Example; Loans Prolong Controls; Who Subsidized Whom?; Will Foreign Loans Make Us Rich?; Our Inflationary Export Surplus; Can Europe's 'Needs' be Measured?; The Sixteen Nation Report; Europe's Four Year Plan; The Problem of Communism; 'Fighting' Communism with Socialism; You Can't Buy Good Will; Confusion of Purpose; Restore Private Lending; Internationalism: True and False." Hazlitt was a libertarian philosopher, an economist, and a journalist for various publications including The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times, and Newsweek. He was the founding vice-president of the Foundation for Economic Education and an early editor of The Freeman, an important libertarian magazine. In 1946 Hazlitt wrote Economics in One Lesson, his seminal text on free market economics, which Ayn Rand called a "magnificent job of theoretical exposition." Hazlitt is credited with bringing his ideas and those of the so-called Austrian School to the American economics scene; his work has influenced the likes of economist Ludwig von Mises, novelist Ayn Rand, and three-time presidential candidate Ron Paul. 95 pages. Insured post.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall.