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

• Autore: Endres A. M
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (272 p.)
• Disciplina: 332.04209045
• Soggetto topico: International finance - History - 20th century; Monetary reformers
• Soggetto geografico: Developing countries Economic conditions Congresses
• Altri autori: LamfalussyAlexandre SnoyBernard WilsonJérôme
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Great architects of international finance
• ISBN: 90-5201-966-5; 1-134-34709-X; 1-134-34710-3; 1-280-15617-1; 0-203-02214-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910783708703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge international studies in money and banking ; ; 32.