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Globalizing Capital

A History of the International Monetary System - Third Edition
  • Barry Eichengreen
Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2019

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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.

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Barry Eichengreen is the George C. Pardee and Helen N. Pardee Professor of Economics and Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the coauthor of How Global Currencies Work: Past, Present, and Future and the author of The European Economy since 1945 (both Princeton).

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"An invaluable guide for anyone who wants to understand money." --- "One of the major books on the history of the International Monetary System."---Ivo Maes, Journal of European Integration History

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    CONTENTS

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    PREFACE

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    1. Introduction

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    2. The Gold Standard

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    3. Interwar Instability

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    4. The Bretton Woods System

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    5. After Bretton Woods

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    6. A Brave New Monetary World

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    7. A Decade of Crises

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    8. Conclusion

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    GLOSSARY

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    REFERENCES

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    INDEX

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3rd edition
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Keywords for this book
Exchange rate; Currency; Central bank; Interest rate; Devaluation; International monetary systems; Capital control; Inflation; Payment; Monetary policy; Bretton Woods system; Investor; Bank; Investment; Recession; Current account; Fiat money; Unemployment; Market liquidity; Credit (finance); Funding; European Monetary System; Government bond; Debt; Austerity; Tax; Fixed exchange-rate system; Foreign direct investment; European Central Bank; Economics; Foreign exchange market; Speculation; Bank run; Economy; Asset; Deflation; Developed country; Speculative attack; Fiscal policy; Tariff; Bimetallism; Depreciation; Gold standard; World economy; Provision (accounting); Export; Economic growth; Behalf; Gold reserve; Balance of payments; Guarantee; Barry Eichengreen; Pound sterling; Expense; Money supply; Economic policy; Global imbalances; World War II; Deutsche Mark; United States dollar; Floating exchange rate; Capital flight; Competitiveness; 1997 Asian financial crisis; Line of credit; Trader (finance); Receipt; Monetary authority; Default (finance); Policy
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