Title Exchange rate chaos : twenty-five years of finance and consumer democracy / Charles R. Geisst

Published London ; New York : Routledge, 2002

Click on the following:
ProQuest Ebook Central

Copies

Description 1 online resource (viii, 184 pages) : illustrations Contents Book Cover; Title; Contents; Lists of figures and tables; INTRODUCTION; THE SYSTEM DISSOLVES; EMERGING CRISES; RESPONDING TO INFLATION; RISING INSTITUTIONALISM; BANKING REFORMS ON BOTH SIDES; BIG BANG AND BEYOND; BANKING REFORM AGAIN; CONCLUSION; Chronology; Notes; Bibliography; Index Summary The Bretton Woods system ensured a quarter of a century of relative stability on the world's financial markets. The quarter of a century which has followed has brought financial chaos and excessive financial volatility. Exchange Rate Chaos: 25 Years of Financial and Consumer Democracy describes and compares US and British financial history during this period. It highlights: * similarites in financial developments between the two countries * consumer democracy: Have the wishes of consumers dominated exchange rate policy? * The decline of the small investor and the Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 176-177) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Foreign exchange rates -- United States -- History -- 20th century Foreign exchange rates -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century Finance -- United States -- History -- 20th century Finance -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century Finance Foreign exchange rates International economic relations SUBJECT United States -- Foreign economic relations -- Great Britain Great Britain -- Foreign economic relations -- United States Subject Great Britain United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 0203013883 9780203013885 0415109817 9780415109819 1282777394 9781282777392 9786612777394 6612777397 1134837178 9781134837175

  Permalink