The separation of security and economic objectives in foreign policy, which was often sought in international political issues in the past, has outlived its usefulness. The transition to a more power-based order can be felt around the world. International economic instruments and agreements are...

This policy brief explores a route to remaking the international financial system that would avoid the contradictions inherent in some of the prevailing reform proposals currently under discussion. Senior Scholar Jan Kregel argues that the willingness of central banks to consider electronic...

The 2008-2010 crisis has shown that authorities were missing crucial information necessary to identify risks to the financial system in an accurate and timely manner. To be prepared for future crises, a range of legislation in Europe and beyond was passed. The scope and depth of information...

World Bank Group President David Malpass remarked that early in the pandemic, the World Bank Group set out to use aggressive financial programming and leverage to increase commitments as rapidly as possible. The World Bank group used a number of powerful financial programming and leveraging...

rises and Paradigm Shift -- The creation of the G20 leaders' forum -- The 2009 G20 summits: the apogee of reformist zeal -- The emergence of dissension within the G20 -- America First and the global architecture -- The Financial Stability Board: its creation, structure and processes -- Making...

"The international financial system is not only economic, but political. Making a Killing explores the often-overlooked world of terrorist financing and the involvement of the international banking system. In order to address the threat of terrorist organizations in a post-9/11 world--and how...

We study a business cycle model of the international monetary system featuring a time-varying demand for safe dollar bonds, greater risk-bearing capacity in the U.S. than the rest of the world, and nominal rigidities. A flight to safety generates a dollar appreciation and decline in global...

This lecture discusses the work by the Estonian economist Ragnar Nurkse (1907-1959). It focuses on the early Nurkse, who was concerned with exchange rates, capital flows and what today we call the international financial architecture. It asks how many of the conclusions of International Currency...

Against the backdrop of China's increasingly influential role in global finance and the debate on the emergence of a "Beijing Consensus", this paper examines whether the ideology that China promotes in the Bretton Woods institutions is conducive to the initiation of financial policy change at...

The rise of global finance in the latter half of the twentieth century has long been understood as one chapter in a larger story about the postwar growth of the United States. The Political Economy of the Special Relationship challenges this popular narrative. Revealing the Anglo-American...

Chapter 1. Introduction: Global financial flows, stocks, economic power, and financial sustainability under the current structure of global finance -- Chapter 2. Cross-country analysis of financial assets and liabilities: 2005-2017 -- Chapter 3. Changes in economic power: Global Economic growth...