"Bringing together the factual pieces from his wide reading in published sources, he leads us toward a more systematic view of the unstable international economy of the 1920s and 1930s. Historians should be grateful for his readable narrative and his straightforward discussions of mechanisms of international trade and finance which baffle most non- economists."
"Though written from an avowedly American point of view, it is remarkable for the extensive use made of European sources."
“The World in Depression is the best book on the subject, and the subject, in turn, is the economically decisive decade of the century so far.”—John Kenneth Galbraith
"Charles Kindleberger's The World in Depression opened American eyes to the failures of interdependence behind the First Great Depression. DeLong and Eichengreen render great service by bringing this history to today's readers, with a preface that notes grim parallels and rephrases urgent questions for the Eurozone and for the wider world. You can't go wrong by reading Kindleberger—and better late than never."—James K. Galbraith, author of Inequality and Instability: A Study of the World Economy Just Before the Great Crisis.
