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This book discusses in detail the origin of the conflicts between the World Bank and the IMF, arising from their overlapping activities that culminated at the end of the 1980s; and the measures taken
This work presents a comprehensive history and evaluation of the role of the 100 percent reserve plan in the banking legislation of the New Deal reform era from its inception in 1933 to its re-emergen
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If we understood the true role of money in our lives, writes philosopher Jacob Needleman, we would not think simply in terms of spending it or saving it. Money exerts a deep emotional influence on who
Leading international economists explore one crucial issue in the design of a target zone system: the problem of calculating Williamson's concept of the fundamental equilibrium exchange rate (FEER). W
The Group of Seven major industrial democracies, at their Naples summit in July 1994, decided to consider "What framework of institutions will be required to meet the challenges of the 21st century?"
In recent years, the major industrialized nations have developed cooperative procedures for supervising banks, harmonized their standards for bank capital requirements, and initiated cooperative under
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One of the most widely read books among active option traders around the world, Option Volatility & Pricing has been completely updated to reflect the most current developments and trends in optio
The world-renowned economist reviews the great speculative episodes of the last three centuries, including the calamitous junk-bond follies of the 1980s, and shows how the lessons of history can help
An in-depth comparison of the institutions and processes that formulate domestic and external monetary policy in the US, Germany, and Japan. Outlines the differences in policymaking among the three co
The 1980s witnessed a lemming-like rush into the sea of debt on the part of the American industrial and financial communities, with consequences we are only beginning to appreciate. But the speculativ
Interprets the evolution of Chinese politics during the years 1972-82. This book provides a detailed study of the end of the Maoist era, demonstrating Mao's continuing dominance even as his ability to
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An inquiry carried out by three economists (Boyer-Xambeu, Ghislain Deleplace, and Lucien Gillard) into the historical origins of modern monetary systems. These origins can be traced back to sixteenth-
Without compromising on the side of simplification, Guttmann (economics, Hofstra U.) makes the issue of credit-money comprehensible even to those without a great deal of prior knowledge of economics.
