Three days at Camp David: how a secret meeting in 1971 transformed the global economy

Curtain up. Richard Nixon ascending ; The economic crisis ; A run on the dollar?

The cast. Richard M. Nixon ; John B. Connally Jr. ; Paul A. Volcker Jr. ; Arthur F. Burns ; George P. Schultz ; Peter G. Peterson ; Other players: Paul W. McCracken and Henry A. Kissinger

The weekend. The wolf at the door ; Friday, August 13 ; Saturday, August 14 ; Sunday, August 15

The finale. The aftermath ; The finishing line ; The long view ; The weekend in retrospect.