Liberia / / Noah Berlatsky, book editor ; Frank Chalk, consulting editor

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910162721703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Farmington Hills, Mich. : , : Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, , 2014
• ISBN: 0-7377-7014-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (207 pages) : color illustrations, maps
• Collana: Genocide and persecution
• Disciplina: 966.6203
• Soggetti: Political violence - Liberia; Crimes against humanity - Liberia; Child soldiers - Liberia; Human rights - Liberia; Liberia History 1980-; Liberia Politics and government 1980-
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Historical background on Liberia -- Overview of the Liberian civil wars / Daniel Elwood Dunn -- Samuel K. Doe's regime struggles to rule Liberia after the assassination of Tolbert / Gregory Jaynes -- Child soldiers are used routinely in the Liberian conflict / Human Rights Watch -- Diamonds fuel violence in Liberia and surrounding countries / Lansana Gberie -- A peace agreement ends the conflict in Liberia -- The Truth and Reconciliation Commission states its findings -- Charles Taylor is convicted of war crimes / Associated Press -- Liberian refugees must decide whether to return to Liberia / Chris Stein -- Controversies surrounding Liberia -- The Liberian war was fueled by ethnic tensions / Veronica Nmoma-Hilliard -- The Liberian war was motivated by political factors, not ethnicity / Isabelle Duyvesteyn -- The Sierra Leone/Liberian conflict was fueled by the diamond trade / James Rupert -- Diamonds did not directly cause the Sierra Leone/Liberian conflict / Se Young Jang -- Child soldiers should not be prosecuted for war crimes / David M. Crane -- There are legal and moral difficulties with refusing to prosecute child soldiers / IRIN -- ECOWAS peacekeeping efforts in Liberia were beneficial / Natalie E. Brown -- ECOWAS ; peacekeeping efforts prolonged the Liberian conflict / Luca Renda -- Refugees, like those from Liberia, tend to spread conflict and violence / Sarah Kenyon Lischer -- Refugees, like those from Liberia, have benefited the countries they entered / Karen Jacobson -- The Truth and Reconciliation report has helped Liberians heal / Glenna Gordon -- The Truth and Reconciliation report has caused dangerous divisions in Liberia / Semantics King, Jr -- Personal narratives -- A Liberian woman remembers her chilhood and the 1980 coup in Liberia / Helene Cooper -- A Liberian woman remembers fleeing Liberia as a refugee / Louise G'esedeh Barton -- A Sierra Leone man remembers being a child soldier / Ishmael Beah -- A Liberian woman remembers being a rebel soldier / Diane Taylor -- Liberians in Minnesota tell stories of abuse and torture / Toni Randolph.
• Sommario/riassunto: Examines the genocide and persecution of the Liberian people, focusing on the Liberian Civil Wars and violence in the country from the 1970s to the 2000s.

The exorbitant burden : the impact of the U. S. dollar's reserve and global currency status on the U. S. twin-deficits / / Taranza T. Ganziro, Robert G. Vambery

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910964853703321
• Autore: Ganziro Taranza T.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Bingley, [England] : , : Emerald, , 2016; ©2016
• ISBN: 9781785606403; 1785606409
• Edizione: [First edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (281 p.)
• Disciplina: 332.4973
• Soggetti: Money - United States - History; Business & Economics - Finance - General; Finance
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; The Eoxorbitant Burden: The Impact of the U.S. Dollar's Reserve and Global Currency Status on the U.S. Twin-Deficits; Copyright page; Contents; Summary; List of Equations; List of Boxes; List of Charts; List of Graphs; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Appendices; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Literature Review; 2.1. Theory of Reserve Currency; 2.1.1. Principle; 2.1.2. Functions of the Leading Reserve Currency; 2.1.2.1. Store of value; 2.1.2.2. Medium of exchange; 2.1.2.3. Unit of account; 2.1.3. Reserves Currency Accumulation Motives; 2.1.3.1. Mercantilist rule; 2.1.3.2. Self-insurance precautionary rule2.1.3.3. Collateral rule; 2.1.4. Cost of Excessive Reserves Holdings; 2.1.5. International Reserve Currency Status Criteria; 2.1.5.1. Economic and geopolitical weight; 2.1.5.2. Macroeconomic stability; 2.1.5.3. Trade openness; 2.1.5.4. Financial depth dynamics; 2.1.5.5. Winning the inertial duel; 2.1.6. The Implications of Achieving Reserve Currency Status; 2.1.7. Empirical Evidence of the U.S. Dollar Reserve Currency Status; 2.1.7.1. The U.S. dollar is the global leading anchor currency; 2.1.7.2. The U.S. dollar is the major form of cash currency worldwide2.1.7.3. The U.S. dollar is a transaction - Centric to Global Forex markets; 2.1.7.4. The U.S. dollar is the currency of choice in the international trade invoicing and settlement; 2.1.7.5. The U.S. dollar is a prominent currency in international debt market; 2.1.7.6. The U.S. dollar is a key currency in banking cross-border lending and investment portfolio; 2.1.7.7. The U.S. dollar dominates foreign reserves holdings; 2.2. Reserve Currency Historical Background; 2.2.1. Overview; 2.2.2. Gold Standard: 1819-1914; 2.2.3. The British Pound Standard: 1914-19452.2.4. Bretton Woods System 1946-1973; 2.2.4.1. Overview; 2.2.4.2. The dollar-gold exchange standard; 2.2.4.3. The Bretton Woods System dilemma; 2.2.4.4. Nixon shock; 2.2.5. Fiduciary Dollar Standard (1973 - Present); 2.3. U.S. Dollar Global Liquidity; 2.3.1. Overview; 2.3.2. Private Dollar Global Liquidity; 2.3.2.1. Eurodollar liquidity; Definition; Background; Eurodollar market features; Eurodollar market size; 2.3.2.2. Dollar-derivatives global liquidity; Defining a derivative; Evolution; Size and leverage of the derivatives market; The magic of nettingDollar toxic liquidity; Do derivatives pose an existential threat to us dollar reserve currency status?; 2.3.2.3. The Repo Markets and the dollar-liquidity; Definition; Importance; Dangers; 2.3.3. Official Dollar-Global Liquidity; 2.3.3.1. The Fed and the dollar global liquidity; 2.3.3.2. The anatomy of banking bailout; How big is too big to fail; How dangerous is too big to fail; The banking bailout; 2.3.4. The Interaction between Private and Official Liquidity; Chapter 3 Theoretical Framework; 3.1. Overview; 3.2. Great Powers Have Great Currencies; 3.2.1. Leading Country Theoretical Outline
• Sommario/riassunto: This economic and political science work is a rigorous analysis that demonstrates that although it is a privilege and a benefit for the US to have its currency, the dollar, as the leading world reserve currency, the privilege also proves to be a very significant economic and security burden imposed on the nation.