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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450797403321

Autore

Endres A. M

Titolo

Great architects of international finance [[electronic resource] ] : the Bretton Woods era / / Anthony M. Endres

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2005

ISBN

1-134-34710-3

1-280-15617-1

0-203-02214-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (272 p.)

Collana

Routledge international studies in money and banking ; ; 32

Disciplina

332.04209045

Soggetti

International finance - History - 20th century

Monetary reformers

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Tables; Preface; Abbreviations; 1 Essential elements of a doctrinal approach; 2 The Bretton Woods financial order; 3 Alvin Hansen 's Keynesian interpretation of Bretton Woods; 4 John Williams 's 'key currency ' alternative for the international financial order; 5 Frank Graham on international money and exchange rates; 6 Robert Triffin's supranational central bank; 7 A Chicagoan international financial order; 8 Reconstructing the international gold standard; 9 Salvaging the fixed exchange rate architecture

10 The plurality of international financial architectures in the BW eraNotes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Who were the great thinkers on international finance in the mid-twentieth century? What did they propose should be done to create a stable international financial order for promoting world trade and economic growth? This important book studies the ideas of some of the most innovative economists in the mid-twentieth century including three Nobel Laureates; great thinkers who helped shape the international financial system and the role of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. Covering the period from the late 1940s



up until the collapse of the fixed US dollar-gold