Commentaire :

ISBN 13 : 978-0691139371

Sommaire : Chapter One: Introduction

Chapter Two: The Gold Standard

Prehistory
The Dilemmas of Bimetallism
The Lure of Bimetallism
The Advent of the Gold Standard
Shades of Gold
How the Gold Standard Worked
The Gold Standard as a Historically Specific Institution
International Solidarity
The Gold Standard and the Lender of Last Resort
Instability at the Periphery
The Stability of the System


Chapter Three: Interwar Instability

Chronology
Experience with Floating: The Controversial Case of the Franc
Reconstructing the Gold Standard
The New Gold Standard
Problems of the New Gold Standard
The Pattern of International Payments
Responses to the Great Depression
Banking Crises and Their Management
Disintegration of the Gold Standard
Sterling's Crisis
The Dollar Follows
Managed Floating
Conclusions


Chapter Four: The Bretton Woods System
Wartime Planning and Its Consequences
The Sterling Crisis and the Realignment of European Currencies
The European Payments Union
Payments Problems and Selective Controls
Convertibility: Problems and Progress
Special Drawing Rights
Declining Controls and Rising Rigidity
The Battle for Sterling
The Crisis of the Dollar
The Lessons of Bretton Woods


Chapter Five: After Bretton Woods
Floating Exchange Rates in the 1970s
Floating Exchange Rates in the 1980s
The Snake
The European Monetary System
Renewed Impetus for Integration
Europe's Crisis
Understanding the Crisis
The Experience of Developing Countries
Conclusions


Chapter Six: A Brave New Monetary World
The Asian Crisis
Emerging Instability
Global Imbalances
The Euro
International Currency Competition
Chapter Seven: Conclusion
Glossary
References
Index

Langue : Anglais

Edition : 2ème

Localisation : Bibliothèque Campus de Nice

Support : Papier

Etat : Présent

Propriétaire : Bibliothèque