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

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 hithert...

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Main Author: Leeson, Robert
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London Palgrave Macmillan UK 2003, 2003
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary: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 to become the organizing principle for international monetary relations
Physical Description:VII, 242 p online resource
ISBN:9780230286023