George Macesich

Political Economy of Money

Emerging Fiat Monetary Regime

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Placing the ease with which money lends itself to political manipulation into economic, historical, and political perspective, this study examines the emerging fiat monetary regime in a world of nation states determined to preserve their sovereignty.

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Since 1971, when the Bretton Woods gold exchange standard ended, the world has been on a fiat monetary regime, with various fiat currencies managed according to the discretion of the issuing country. Inherent in this regime is a basic problem-the ease with which the system lends itself to political manipulation. This study examines the emerging fiat regime in a world of nation states determined to preserve their sovereignty from erosion by the global economy and places this process in its economic, historical, and political perspective.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Praeger
• Seitenzahl: 150
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. August 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 331g
• ISBN-13: 9780275965723
• ISBN-10: 0275965724
• Artikelnr.: 21606516

Autorenporträt

GEORGE MACESICH is Professor of Economics at Florida State University. He is the author of several books, including The United States in the Changing Global Economy: Policy Implications and Issues (Praeger, 1997) and World Economy at the Crossroads (Praeger, 1997).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface The Issue of Money Fiat Money: Historical Perspective Muddling
Through to a Fiat Monetary Regime: The Interwar Years The Emerging Postwar
Fiat Monetary Regime: Myth, Fact, and Fancy Post-Bretton Woods Regime:
Attempts at Reform The International Monetary Fund and Its Prospects Echoes
from the Past What Is to Be Done? Bibliography Index