Globalizing Capital (eBook)

A History of the International Monetary System - Third Edition

Barry Eichengreen (Autor)

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2019 | 3. Auflage
320 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-19458-5 (ISBN)

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Essential reading for understanding the international economy-now thoroughly updatedLucid, accessible, and provocative, and now thoroughly updated to cover recent events that have shaken the global economy, Globalizing Capital is an indispensable account of the past 150 years of international monetary and financial history-from the classical gold standard to today's post-Bretton Woods "e;nonsystem."e; Bringing the story up to the present, this third edition covers the global financial crisis, the Greek bailout, the Euro crisis, the rise of China as a global monetary power, the renewed controversy over the international role of the U.S. dollar, and the currency war. Concise and nontechnical, and with a proven appeal to general readers, students, and specialists alike, Globalizing Capital is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand where the international economy has been-and where it may be going.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 6.8.2019
• Zusatzinfo: 33 b/w illus. 8 tables.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Finanzwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Makroökonomie
• Schlagworte: 1997 Asian financial crisis • asset • Austerity • Balance of Payments • Bank • Bank of England • bank run • Barry Eichengreen • behalf • Bimetallism • Bretton Woods System • Budget • Capital control • Capital Flight • Central Bank • Commodity • competitiveness • Credit (finance) • Currency • Current Account • debt • Debt Crisis • Default (finance) • Deflation • Deposit account • Depreciation • Deutsche Bundesbank • Deutsche Mark • Devaluation • developed country • Economic Growth • Economic Policy • Economics • economy • european central bank • European Monetary System • Exchange Rate • Exorbitant Privilege • Expense • Export • Fiat Money • Finance • Financial Crisis • Financial crisis of 2007–08 • Financial institution • Financial Intermediary • Fiscal Policy • Fixed exchange-rate system • floating exchange rate • Foreign Direct Investment • Foreign Exchange Market • French franc • Funding • global imbalances • Gold reserve • gold standard • Government bond • Government Debt • Guarantee • income • Inflation • Interest • Interest Rate • International Monetary Fund • International monetary systems • Investment • Investor • Latin America • Lender of last resort • Liability (financial accounting) • Liberalization • line of credit • Market (economics) • market liquidity • Marshall Plan • monetary authority • monetary policy • Monetary Reform • monetary system • Money Supply • Payment • Policy • Pound Sterling • Provision (accounting) • Rate of return • receipt • Recession • Relative price • shortage • Special Drawing Rights • Speculation • Speculative attack • tariff • Tax • Trader (finance) • Unemployment • United States Dollar • welfare • World Economy • World War II
• ISBN-10: 0-691-19458-0 / 0691194580
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-19458-5 / 9780691194585