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UNINA9910777088003321 |
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Autore |
Geisst Charles R. |
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Titolo |
Exchange rate chaos : twenty-five years of finance and consumer democracy / / Charles R. Geisst |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1995 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-83716-X |
1-282-77739-4 |
9786612777394 |
1-134-83717-8 |
0-203-01388-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (193 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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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 |
United States Foreign economic relations Great Britain |
Great Britain Foreign economic relations United States |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 176-177) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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