The Gold Standard Anchored in Islamic Finance [electronic resource] /
Askari, H.author.
Krichene, N.author.
Askari and Krichene provide a comprehensive background for recent international financial crises rapid expansion of interest-bearing debt and monetary expansion though the fractional reserve banking system. In this context, the authors provide an analysis of the experience and issues associated with international payments systems the various forms of the gold standard, the Bretton Woods system and the present system of flexible exchange rates. The authors go on to examine the case for fixed exchange rates (gold standard and other interesting variations) anchored in Islamic finance. The message of this book is that the gold standard could provide a solution for addressing international financial instability if and only if it is anchored in 100% reserve banking, which is an essential pillar of Islamic finance.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Selected Recent Publications; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures and Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 The Shortcomings of the Present Payments System; 3 The Horrors of Hyperinflations; 4 Origins of Gold as Money; 5 The Gold Standard; 6 Gold and the International Payments System; 7 Bimetallism and the Gold-Exchange Standard; 8 Recurrence of Financial Crises and Suspensions of Gold Payments; 9 Strategies for Reintroducing the Gold Standard; 10 Islamic Money and Capital Markets; 11 The Gold Standard in Islamic Finance; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Askari and Krichene provide a comprehensive background for recent international financial crises rapid expansion of interest-bearing debt and monetary expansion though the fractional reserve banking system. In this context, the authors provide an analysis of the experience and issues associated with international payments systems the various forms of the gold standard, the Bretton Woods system and the present system of flexible exchange rates. The authors go on to examine the case for fixed exchange rates (gold standard and other interesting variations) anchored in Islamic finance. The message of this book is that the gold standard could provide a solution for addressing international financial instability if and only if it is anchored in 100% reserve banking, which is an essential pillar of Islamic finance.
Middle East—Politics and government.
Political economy.
Social sciences.
Economics.
Management science.
Middle Eastern Politics.
International Political Economy.
Social Sciences, general.
Economics, general.