Globalizing capital : a history of the international monetary system / Barry Eichengreen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eichengreen, Barry J.

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International finance--History.

International finance.

Gold standard--History.

Gold standard.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 298 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Essential reading for understanding the international economy-now thoroughly updated Lucid, accessible, and provocative, and now thoroughly updated to cover recent events that have shaken the global economy, Globalizing Capital is an indispensable account of the past 150 years of international monetary and financial history-from the classical gold standard to today's post-Bretton Woods "nonsystem." Bringing the story up to the present, this third edition covers the global financial crisis, the Greek bailout, the Euro crisis, the rise of China as a global monetary power, the renewed controversy over the international role of the U.S. dollar, and the currency war. Concise and nontechnical, and with a proven appeal to general readers, students, and specialists alike, Globalizing Capital is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand where the international economy has been-and where it may be going.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

PREFACE

1. Introduction

2. The Gold Standard

3. Interwar Instability

4. The Bretton Woods System

5. After Bretton Woods

6. A Brave New Monetary World

7. A Decade of Crises

8. Conclusion

GLOSSARY

REFERENCES

INDEX

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 25. Sep 2019)

ISBN:

9780691194585

0691194580

OCLC:

1103804386