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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777798103321

Autore

Eichengreen Barry J

Titolo

Global imbalances and the lessons of Bretton Woods / / Barry Eichengreen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2007

ISBN

0-262-26263-0

1-282-09791-1

9786612097911

0-262-27220-2

1-4294-1871-0

Descrizione fisica

xiv, 187 p. : ill

Collana

Cairoli lecture series

Disciplina

332/.042

Soggetti

International finance

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 (p. [171]-182) and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Why the current Bretton Woods-like international financial system, featuring large current account deficits in the center country, the United States, and massive reserve accumulation by the periphery, is not sustainable.