Ideology and the International Economy: The Decline and Fall of Bretton Woods

by Robert Leeson

Book Overview

For twenty-five years, the International Monetary Fund administered a worldwide system of fixed exchange rates until their system was destroyed by a combination of market forces and those who advocated market forces. The first destructive element has been extensively analyzed; the second has hitherto been almost completely ignored. Robert Leeson examines the process by which the case for flexible exchange rates was transformed from an academic exercise...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349508985
• ISBN13: 9781349508983
• Release Date: September 2003
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"