A Retrospective on the Bretton Woods System : Lessons for International Monetary Reform

At the close of the Second World War, when industrialized nations faced serious trade and financial imbalances, delegates from forty-four countries met in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, in order to reconstruct the international monetary system. In this volume, three generations of scholars and policy makers, some of whom participated in the 1944 conference, consider how the Bretton Woods System contributed to unprecedented economic stability and rapid growth for 25 years and discuss the problems that plagued the system and led to its eventual collapse in 1971. The contributors explore adjustmen

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Year of publication:	2007
Authors:	Bordo, Michael D.
Other Persons:	Eichengreen, Barry (contributor)
Publisher:	Chicago : University of Chicago Press
Subject:	Internationales Währungssystem \| International monetary system \| Bretton-Woods-System \| Bretton Woods System \| Welt \| World \| Internationale Wirtschaftspolitik \| International economic policy \| Reform \| Geldpolitik \| Monetary policy \| Währungskrise \| Currency crisis
Description of contents:	Table of Contents [gbv.de]

Extent:	Online-Ressource (692 p.)
Series:	NBER-Project Report National Bureau of Economic Research Project Report A National Bureau of Economic Research project report
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Description based upon print version of record A Retrospective on the Bretton Woods System; Contents; Preface; I. Overviews and Origins; II. Bretton Woods in Operation; III. The Legacy of Bretton Woods; IV. Conclusion; Contributors; Author Index; Subject Index;
ISBN:	978-0-226-06587-8 ; 978-0-226-06690-5 ; 978-0-226-06587-8
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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