The Bretton Woods agreements : together with scholarly commentaries and essential historical documents /

"The two world wars brought an end to a long-standing system of international commerce based on the gold standard. After the First World War, the weaknesses in the gold standard contributed to hyperinflation, the Great Depression, the rise of fascism, and ultimately World War II. The Bretton Wo...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Lamoreaux, Naomi R. (Editor ), Shapiro, Ian (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2019]
Colección:Basic documents in world politics.
Temas:
World Bank.
International Monetary Fund.
United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference > (1944 : > Bretton Woods, N.H.)
United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference.
HISTORY > World.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction / Naomi Lamoreaux and Ian Shapiro
  • 1. The Political Economy of the Bretton Woods Agreements / Jeffry Frieden
  • 2. The Monetary Role of Gold as the Original Sin of Bretton Woods / Barry Eichengreen
  • 3. The Missing Bretton Woods Debate over Flexible Exchange Rates / Douglas A. Irwin
  • 4. The Universally Keynesian Vision of Bretton Woods / James M. Boughton
  • 5. Bretton Woods : The Parliamentary Debates in the United Kingdom / Andrew Bailey, Gordon Bannerman, and Cheryl Schonhardt- Bailey
  • 6. A "Barbarous Relic" : The French, Gold, and the Demise of Bretton Woods / Michael J. Graetz and Olivia Briffault
  • 7. Nutrition, Food, Agriculture, and the World Economy / Martin Daunton
  • 8. Australia's Full- Employment Proposals at Bretton Woods : A Road Only Partly Taken / Selwyn Cornish and Kurt Schuler
  • 9. How the Bretton Woods Negotiations Helped to Pioneer International Development / Eric Helleiner
  • 10. The Operation and Demise of the Bretton Woods System, 1958-1971 / Michael D. Bordo
  • 11. Japan and the Collapse of Bretton Woods / Frances McCall Rosenbluth and James Sundquist
  • 12. The Multiple Contexts of Bretton Woods / Harold James
  • Historical Documents. Articles of Agreement. Articles of Agreement of the International Monetary Fund, July 22, 1944
  • Articles of Agreement of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, July 22, 1944
  • The White Plan. Preliminary Draft Outline of a Proposal for an International Stabilization Fund of the United and Associated Nations (Revised July 10, 1943)
  • The Keynes Plan. Proposals for an International Clearing Union (April 1943)
  • The French Plan. Suggestions Regarding International Monetary Relations (May 1943)
  • The Australian Employment Agreement. The Employment Agreement
  • The Joint Statement. Joint Statement by Experts on the Establishment of an International Monetary Fund (April 1944)
  • The Final Act. Final Act (22 July 1944)
  • Speeches and Debates. Speech by Lord Keynes on the International Monetary Fund Debate, House of Lords, May 23, 1944
  • Bretton Woods and International Cooperation, Henry Morgenthau, Jr., Secretary of the Treasury
  • Lord Keynes's Speech at Inaugural Meeting of Governors of Fund and Bank, Savannah, 9 March 1946
  • Press Conference by Charles de Gaulle, Seeking the Abolition of the Gold Exchange Standard and a Return to the Gold Standard, February 4, 1965
  • Address to the Nation by Richard Nixon Outlining a New Economic Policy : "The Challenge of Peace" August 15, 1971.

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