At first glance, the history of the modern global economy seems to support the long-held view that the currency of the worldâs leading power invariably dominates international trade and finance. But in How Global Currencies Work , three...
Lucid, accessible, and provocative, and now thoroughly updated to cover recent events that have shaken the global economy, Globalizing Capital is an indispensable account of the past 150 years of international monetary and financial history-from the class...
South Korea has been held out as an economic miracleâe"as a country that successfully completed the transition from underdeveloped to developed country statusâe"and as an example of how a middle-income country can continue to move...
In this volume, a group of distinguished economists, political scientists, and sociologists analyze the political economy of European integration. The authors evaluate recent developments in European politics and
In this volume, a group of distinguished economists and political scientists analyze the political economy of European integration, evaluating recent developments in European monetary and fiscal policy. They consider
El mundo se ha acostumbrado a la aparición -súbita, recurrente, dolorosa- de las crisis financieras. Al finalizar la primera década del siglo XXI, por ejemplo, las finanzas internacionales están resistiendo un severo golpe,...
Focuses on the importance of the International Monetary System (IMS), and its importance for understanding the international economy. This book demonstrates that the IMS can be understood and effectively governed only if it is seen as a historical phe...
Over the second half of the twentieth century, the average European's buying power tripled, while working hours fell by a third. This work offers an account of the extraordinary development of Europe's economy since the end of World War II.
In this volume, a group of distinguished economists, political scientists, and sociologists analyze the political economy of European integration. The authors evaluate recent developments in European politics and
High unemployment has been one of the most disturbing features of the economy of the 1980s. For a precedent, one must look to the interwar period and in particular to the Great Depression of the 1930s. It follows that