Forgotten Foundations of Bretton Woods -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- International Development and the North-South Dialogue of Bretton Woods -- 1. Good Neighbors Prepare the Ground -- 2. The First Draft: The Inter-American Bank -- 3. A New Approach to Money Doctoring: Cuba...

Cover -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 The UN Trade and Development Debates of the 1940s -- 2 The UN Recruits Economists -- 3 Michal Kalecki, the World Economic Report, and McCarthyism -- 4 From Full Employment to Economic...

The international financial architecture is misaligned with the goals set out in the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris climate agreement. External financing flows to emerging-market and developing countries (excluding China) need be increasing by at least US$1 trillion annually from...

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...

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...