The Status Quo Crisis

by Eric Helleiner

Book Overview

The 2008 financial crisis was the worst since the Great Depression and many voices argued that it would transform global financial governance. Analysts anticipated a "Bretton Woods moment", referring to the 1944 conference that established the postwar international financial order. Widespread expectations of change were then reinforced by the creation of the G20 leaders' forum, extensive debates about the dollar's global role, the launching of international...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199973636
• ISBN13: 9780199973637
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 10.7"