"Princeton's Edwin W. Kemmerer [was] widely referred to as the “money doctor” by virtue of his advisory missions to position foreign governments on the gold standard in the 1920s."
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William J. Barber (2006). Designs Within Disorder: Franklin D. Roosevelt, the ..., p. 48
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Edwin W. Kemmerer
Edwin Walter Kemmerer (June 29, 1875, Scranton, Penn. – December 16, 1945 Princeton, N.J.) was an American economist, who became famous as an economic adviser to foreign governments in many countries, promoting plans based on strong currencies, the gold standard, central banks, central bank independence, and balanced budgets.
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