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Monetary theory and Bretton Woods : the construction of an international monetary order / Filippo Cesarano.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cesarano, Filippo, author.
- Series:
- Historical perspectives on modern economics.
- Historical perspectives on modern economics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference (1944 : Bretton Woods, N.H.)--History.
- United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference.
- International finance--History.
- International finance.
- Monetary policy--History.
- Monetary policy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 248 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Other Title:
- Monetary Theory & Bretton Woods
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Over the twentieth century monetary theory played a crucial role in the evolution of the international monetary system. The severe shocks and monetary gyrations of the interwar years interacted with theoretical developments that superseded the rigid rules of commodity standards and led to the full-fledged conception of monetary policy. The definitive demise of the gold standard then paved the way for monetary reconstruction. Monetary theory was a decisive factor in the design of the reform proposals, in the Bretton Woods negotiations, and in forging the new monetary order. The Bretton Woods system - successful but nevertheless short-lived - suffered from latent inconsistencies, both analytical and institutional, which fatally undermined the foundations of the postwar monetary architecture and brought about the epochal transition from commodity money to fiat money.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- International monetary equilibrium and the properties of the gold standard
- The international monetary system between the World Wars
- The monetary system in economic analysis : the critique of the gold standard
- The Great Depression : overturning the state of the art
- Providing for a new monetary order
- The Bretton Woods agreements
- Bretton Woods and after.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-107-17078-8
- 1-280-70380-6
- 0-511-24649-8
- 0-511-24718-4
- 0-511-24502-5
- 0-511-30939-2
- 0-511-61809-3
- 0-511-24579-3
- OCLC:
- 171139958
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