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The battle of Bretton Woods
When turmoil strikes world monetary and financial markets, leaders invariably call for 'a new Bretton Woods' to prevent catastrophic economic disorder and defuse political conflict. The name of the remote New Hampshire town where representatives of forty-four nations gathered in July 1944, in the midst of the century's second great war, has become shorthand for enlightened globalization. The actual story surrounding the historic Bretton Woods accords, however, is full of startling drama, intrigue, and rivalry, which are vividly brought to life in Benn Steil's epic account.
Upending the conventional wisdom that Bretton Woods was the product of an amiable Anglo-American collaboration, Steil shows that it was in reality part of a much more ambitious geopolitical agenda hatched within President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Treasury and aimed at eliminating Britain as an economic and political rival. At the heart of the drama were the antipodal characters of John Maynard Keynes, the renowned and revolutionary British economist, and Harry Dexter White, the dogged, self-made American technocrat. Bringing to bear new and striking archival evidence, Steil offers the most compelling portrait yet of the complex and controversial figure of White--the architect of the dollar's privileged place in the Bretton Woods monetary system, who also, very privately, admired Soviet economic planning and engaged in clandestine communications with Soviet intelligence officials and agents over many years.
A remarkably deft work of storytelling that reveals how the blueprint for the postwar economic order was actually drawn,The Battle of Bretton Woodsis destined to become a classic of economic and political history.
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Responding to globalization
\"The new challenges and opportunities created by the spread of globalization have reshaped both institutional and individual responses to this phenomenon. This comprehensive analysis of the way in which governments and firms have responded to globalization examines closely the options available to both, and the historical and institutional contexts to the strategic decisions made.\" \"This rigorous survey focuses on political, ideational and economic factors lying behind these responses to globalization. It is essential reading for all those interested in globalization, international business and international political economy.\"--Jacket.
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Global Capital Markets
This book presents an economic survey of international capital mobility from the late nineteenth century to the present. The authors examine the theory and empirical evidence surrounding the fall and rise of integration in the world market. A discussion of institutional developments focuses on capital controls and the pursuit of macroeconomic policy objectives in shifting monetary regimes. The Great Depression emerges as the key turning point in recent history of international capital markets, and offers important insights for contemporary policy debates. Its principal legacy is that the return to a world of global capital is marked by great unevenness in outcomes regarding both risks and rewards of capital market integration. More than in the past, foreign investment flows largely from rich countries to other rich countries. Yet most financial crises afflict developing countries, with costs for everyone.
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The Globalizers
\"The IMF and the World Bank have integrated a large number of countries into the world economy by requiring governments to open up to global trade, investment, and capital. They have not done this out of pure economic zeal. Politics and their own rules and habits explain much of why they have presented globalization as a solution to challenges they have faced in the world economy.\"-from the Introduction
The greatest success of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank has been as globalizers. But at whose cost? Would borrowing countries be better off without the IMF and World Bank? This book takes readers inside these institutions and the governments they work with. Ngaire Woods brilliantly decodes what they do and why they do it, using original research, extensive interviews carried out across many countries and institutions, and scholarship from the fields of economics, law, and politics.
The Globalizersfocuses on both the political context of IMF and World Bank actions and their impact on the countries in which they intervene. After describing the important debates between U.S. planners and the Allies in the 1944 foundation at Bretton Woods, she analyzes understandings of their missions over the last quarter century. She traces the impact of the Bank and the Fund in the recent economic history of Mexico, of post-Soviet Russia, and in the independent states of Africa. Woods concludes by proposing a range of reforms that would make the World Bank and the IMF more effective, equitable, and just.
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Regulating Capital
Financial instability threatens the global economy. The
volatility of capital movements across national borders has led
many observers to argue for a reformed \"global financial
architecture,\" a body of consistent rules and institutions to
prevent financial crises. Yet regulators have a decidedly mixed
record in their attempts to create global standards for the
financial system. David Andrew Singer seeks to explain the varying
pressures on regulatory agencies to negotiate internationally
acceptable rules and suggests that the variation is largely
traceable to the different domestic political pressures faced by
regulators. In Regulating Capital, Singer provides both a theory of
the effects of domestic pressures on international regulation and a
detailed analysis of regulators' attempts at international
rulemaking in banking, securities, and insurance. Singer addresses
the complexities of global finance in an accessible style, and he
does not turn away from the more dramatic aspects of globalization;
he makes clear the international implications of bank failures and
stock-market crashes, the rise of derivatives, and the catastrophic
financial losses caused by Hurricane Katrina and the events of
September 11.
Financial instability threatens the global economy. The
volatility of capital movements across national borders has led
many observers to argue for a reformed \"global financial
architecture,\" a body of consistent rules and institutions to
prevent financial crises. Yet regulators have a decidedly mixed
record in their attempts to create global standards for the
financial system. David Andrew Singer seeks to explain the varying
pressures on regulatory agencies to negotiate internationally
acceptable rules and suggests that the variation is largely
traceable to the different domestic political pressures faced by
regulators. In Regulating Capital , Singer provides both a
theory of the effects of domestic pressures on international
regulation and a detailed analysis of regulators' attempts at
international rulemaking in banking, securities, and insurance.
Singer addresses the complexities of global finance in an
accessible style, and he does not turn away from the more dramatic
aspects of globalization; he makes clear the international
implications of bank failures and stock-market crashes, the rise of
derivatives, and the catastrophic financial losses caused by
Hurricane Katrina and the events of September 11.
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The globalizers : the IMF, the World Bank, and their borrowers
The greatest success of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank has been as globalisers. But at whose cost? Would borrowing countries be better off without the IMF and World Bank? Wood takes readers inside these institutions and the governments they work with, and decodes what they do and why they do it.
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The princeton encyclopedia of the World economy.(Two volume set)
Increasing economic globalization has made understanding the world economy more important than ever. From trade agreements to offshore outsourcing to foreign aid, this two-volume encyclopedia explains the key elements of the world economy and provides a first step to further research for students and scholars in public policy, international studies, business, and the broader social sciences, as well as for economic policy professionals.
Written by an international team of contributors, this comprehensive reference includes more than 300 up-to-date entries covering a wide range of topics in international trade, finance, production, and economic development. These topics include concepts and principles, models and theory, institutions and agreements, policies and instruments, analysis and tools, and sectors and special issues. Each entry includes cross-references and a list of sources for further reading and research. Complete with an index and a table of contents that groups entries by topic,The Princeton Encyclopedia of the World Economyis an essential resource for anyone who needs to better understand the global economy.
Features:
More than 300 alphabetically arranged articles on topics in international trade, finance, production, and economic developmentInternational team of contributorsAnnotated list of further reading with each articleTopical list of entriesFull index and cross-references
Entry categories and sample topics:
Concepts and principles: globalization, anti-globalization, fair trade, foreign direct investment, international migration, economic development, multinational enterprisesModels and theory: Heckscher-Ohlin model, internalization theory, New Trade Theory, North-South trade, Triffin dilemmaInstitutions and agreements: European Union, International Monetary Fund, World Trade Organization, World Bank, Doha Round, international investment agreementsPolicies and instruments: dollar standard, international aid, sanctions, tariffsAnalysis and tools: exchange rate forecasting, effective protection, monetary policy rulesSectors and special issues: child labor, corporate governance, the digital divide, health and globalization, illegal drugs trade, petroleum, steel
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Global finance : places, spaces and people
The financial crisis of 2007–2008 and its aftermath have resulted in the role of money and finance within the global economy becoming the subject of considerable debate in public, policy, and media circles. Global Finance is a timely look at the contemporary international financial environment, providing an introduction to this dynamic field of research for students and more advanced researchers. Drawing on economic geography, economic sociology, and critical management, author Sarah Hall offers a broad selection of case studies that ground critical theory in our current financial climate. Hall examines and reviews a wide range of critical approaches relating to the role of money and finance in the global economy, dividing these approaches into three key sections: • Global finance and international financial centers • Global finance and the “real economy” • Global financial subjects and actors The text takes a uniquely interdisciplinary approach which, combined with an international spread of case studies, makes this book highly valuable to a wide range of upper level undergraduate courses across the social sciences.
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