| Description |
viii, 227 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. 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 -- Ch. 3. 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 -- Ch. 4. The Bretton Woods System. Wartime Planning and Its Consequences. The Sterling Crisis and the Realignment of European Currencies. The European Payments Union |
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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 -- Ch. 5. From Floating to Monetary Unification. Floating Exchange Rates in the 1970s. Floating Exchange Rates in the 1980s. The Snake. The European Monetary System. Renewed Impetus for Integration. The EMS Crisis. Understanding the Crisis. The Experience of Developing Countries. Conclusions -- Ch. 6. Conclusion |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [201]-216) and index |
| Subject |
International finance -- History.
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Gold standard -- History.
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| LC no. |
96008084 |
| ISBN |
0691002452 paperback |
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069102880X alkaline paper |
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