Great architects of international finance
Subtitle: the Bretton Woods era
By: Anthony M. Endres.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2005
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 257
Subjects: International finance -- History -- 20th century; Monetary reformers
Description: "This book studies the ideas of some of the most innovative economists in the mid-twentieth century including three Nobel Laureates. These great thinkers helped shape the international financial system and the role of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. This book covers the period from the late 1940s up to the collapse of the fixed US dollar-gold link in 1971." "This book will prove invaluable to students of international economics, international finance, economic history and the history of economic thought."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Essential elements of a doctrinal approach; title: The Bretton Woods financial order; title: Alvin Hansen's Keynesian interpretation of Bretton Woods; title: John Williams' "key currency" alternative for the international financial order; title: Frank Graham on international money and exchange rates; title: Robert Triffin's supranational central bank; title: A Chicagoan international financial order; title: Reconstructing the international gold standard; title: Salvaging the fixed exchange rate architecture; title: The plurality of international financial architectures in the BW era.