Exchange rate chaos : twenty-five years of finance and consumer democracy / / Charles R. Geisst

• Autore: Geisst Charles R.
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1995
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (193 p.)
• Disciplina: 332.4/56/0973
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Soggetto geografico: United States Foreign economic relations Great Britain; Great Britain Foreign economic relations United States
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 176-177) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 investor and the
• Titolo autorizzato: Exchange rate chaos
• ISBN: 1-134-83716-X; 1-282-77739-4; 9786612777394; 1-134-83717-8; 0-203-01388-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910777088003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II