The Case for a New ECU: Towards another Monetary System
β Scribed by Jacques Riboud (auth.)
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 221
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
25 years since the ECU was established, this work analyzes the situation in the international monetary system, where the prevailing disorder is disrupting economies, undermining growth, provoking protectionism and threatening to set the nations against each other.
β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-xi
The Parable of the Master Tailor and his Pair of Scissors....Pages 1-6
The Keys to Monetary Analysis....Pages 7-12
Future Monetary Possibilities....Pages 13-18
How Money is Created: Some Fables and Comedies....Pages 19-33
Waiting in the Wings: The Bankersβ Clearing Mechanism....Pages 34-40
The Other Side of the Coin....Pages 41-49
The Presidentβs 3 Per Cent....Pages 50-54
M1, M2, M3 and the Rest....Pages 55-85
A Hidden Virtue of the Gold Standard....Pages 86-91
Mingling with the Crowd at the IMF: The βAmerican Connectionβ....Pages 92-98
From a Full Value ECU to a Constant ECU....Pages 99-104
How to Sell a Currency that is Better Than All the Others....Pages 105-117
An Ocean of Red Ink....Pages 118-124
Economic Asphyxiation....Pages 125-135
Monetary Regulation: Regrets and Hopes....Pages 136-150
Investment and Employment: A Doubt, a Reconsideration and a Proposal....Pages 151-161
Back to the Thirties....Pages 162-170
Towards a New Bretton Woods?....Pages 171-175
Chaos in the Foreign Exchanges....Pages 176-183
βGreat Nations: Not Many Ideasβ: The Antagonistic Factors....Pages 184-190
Back Matter....Pages 191-209
β¦ Subjects
International Economics; Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics
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