International Financial History in the Twentieth Century: System and Anarchy

Book Overview

The essays in this book examine the long history of the international financial system in terms of the current debate about globalization and its limits. In the nineteenth century, international markets existed without international institutions. In the interwar years, attempts (largely unsuccessful) at designing a genuine international trade and monetary system were made at the same time (coincidentally) that the system collapsed. In the post-1945...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521143667
• ISBN13: 9780521143660
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"