The Limits of Transparency: Ambiguity and the History of International Finance

by Jacqueline Best

Book Overview

A decade of crises has reminded us of the fragility of the international financial system. Conventional wisdom holds that uncertainty is the basic problem of financial governance, and attempts to contain ambiguity have dominated recent financial reform efforts. Jacqueline Best, however, contends that ambiguity can play a valuable role in international political and economic stability. The stability of the postwar era depended, Best suggests, on...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801473772
• ISBN13: 9780801473777
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 9.3" x 6.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher