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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451126303321

Titolo

Currency crises [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Paul Krugman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2000

ISBN

1-281-22374-3

9786611223748

0-226-45464-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (367 p.)

Collana

A National Bureau of Economic Research conference report

Altri autori (Persone)

KrugmanPaul R

Disciplina

332.4/5

Soggetti

Currency question - History - 20th century

Financial crises - History - 20th century

Foreign exchange - History - 20th century

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 indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Currency Crisis and Unemployment: Sterling in 1931 -- 2. Political Contagion in Currency Crises -- 3. Balance-of-Payments Crises in Emerging Markets: Large Capital Inflows and Sovereign Governments -- 4. The Onset of the East Asian Financial Crisis -- 5. Is Launching the Euro Unstable in the Endgame? -- 6. The Mexican Peso in the Aftermath of the 1994 Currency Crisis -- 7. The Aftermath of the 1992 ERM Breakup: Was There a Macroeconomic Free Lunch? -- 8. Current Account Reversals and Currency Crises: Empirical Regularities -- 9. Panel Presentation: The Asian Model, the Miracle, the Crisis, and the Fund -- 10. Panel Presentation: Involving the Private Sector in Crisis Resolution -- Contributors -- Author Index -- Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

There is no universally accepted definition of a currency crisis, but most would agree that they all involve one key element: investors fleeing a currency en masse out of fear that it might be devalued, in turn fueling the very devaluation they anticipated. Although such crises-the Latin American debt crisis of the 1980's, the speculations on European currencies in the early 1990's, and the ensuing Mexican, South American, and Asian crises-have played a central role in world



affairs and continue to occur at an alarming rate, many questions about their causes and effects remain to be answered. In this wide-ranging volume, some of the best minds in economics focus on the historical and theoretical aspects of currency crises to investigate three fundamental issues: What drives currency crises? How should government behavior be modeled? And what are the actual consequences to the real economy? Reflecting the latest thinking on the subject, this offering from the NBER will serve as a useful basis for further debate on the theory and practice of speculative attacks, as well as a valuable resource as new crises loom.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910973164703321

Autore

Beeman William O

Titolo

The "Great Satan" vs. the "Mad Mullahs" : how the United States and Iran demonize each other / / William O. Beeman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn. : , : Praeger Publishers, , 2005

London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), , 2024

ISBN

9798400659188

9786612409790

9781282409798

1282409794

9780313068003

0313068003

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (314 p.)

Disciplina

327.73055/09/045

Soggetti

Iran Foreign public opinion, American

Iran Relations United States

United States Foreign public opinion, Iranian

United States Relations Iran

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 (p. [239]-272) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Discourse and Demonization; 2. American Myths; 3. Middle Eastern Myths; 4. Discourse and Rhetoric;



5. Images of the Great Satan; 6. Images of the Mad Mullah; 7. The Framework of U.S.-Iranian Relations: Modernization and Development as an Index of National Worth; 8. The Sins of the United States; 9. The Sins of Iran; 10. The Birth of Postmodern Conflict: How Iranian Media Came of Age; 11. Living with Iran: Resistance as Postmodern Discourse; Notes; Comprehensive Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The United States and Iran have been estranged for 25 years. They have carried out a mutual process of demonization that is unprecedented in modern history, based on cultural hot buttons that have the power to galvanize the populations of both countries. Iranian leaders have characterized the United States as the Great Satan-an evil corruptor that pollutes society and destroys personal morality. American leaders characterize the members of the current government of the Islamic Republic of Iran as Mad Mullahs, wild-eyed and irrational. Giving a thorough account of the background of U.S.-Iranian