The 1944 Bretton Woods conference created new institutions for international economic governance. Though flawed, the system led to a golden age in postwar reconstruction, sustained economic growth, job creation, and postcolonial development. Yet financial liberalization since the 1970s has...

Introduction: Strange bedfellows and the rise of the modern money theory -- MMT basics and the sustainability of money financed deficits -- Institutional specificity and the limited policy relevance of modern money theory -- The role of the dollar as an international currency and its limits in a...