A Search for Solvency: Bretton Woods and the International Monetary System, 1941

Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE A Search for Solvency by Alfred E. Eckes, Jr., Alfred E. Eckes Based on extensive research in previously unavailable sources, A Search for Solvency relates intriguing and often complicated issues of economic analysis and diplomatic history. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Diverted by the dramatic military and political events of July 1944, few Americans realized the significance of an international conference taking place at Bretton Woods, a mountain resort in New Hampshire, far from the battle zones. There United Nations experts were completing plans for a world monetary and financial system that they hoped would create a prosperous, efficient global economy and avert economic tensions that might lead to another world war. Until the dollar crisis of 1971, decisions made at Bretton Woods provided the institutions and rules for international finance. The conference ushered in an era of unprecedented expansion of world trade and prosperity.Based on extensive research in previously unavailable sources, A Search for Solvency relates intriguing and often complicated issues of economic analysis and diplomatic history. It offers a succinct and comprehensive survey of international monetary development from the collapse of the pre-World War I gold standard to the devaluation of the dollar in 1971. In effect, it explains the origins of late twentieth-century global inflation and currency problems.The author details how the ghost of the Great Depression, the failure of monetary reconstruction efforts after World War I, and the memory of the nineteenth-century gold standard guided efforts to construct the Bretton Woods system. This preoccupation with the past, as well as political constraints, produced a monetary system protected against past dangers-fluctuating currencies, controls, and deflation-but dangerously vulnerable to inflationary pressures. The weaknesses of Bretton Woods, a system geared to an era in which economic power was concentrated in the United States, became visible in the 1960s and painfully apparent by the mid-1970s. Author Biography Alfred E. Eckes, Jr., is Professor Emeritus of history at Ohio University. Table of Contents Preface1. The Quest for a Durable Global Monetary System2. Americas Global Monetary Design3. America and Britain: Divergent Approaches to a Common Goal4. Consultation and Consensus5. Prelude to Bretton Woods6. Bretton Woods7. Selling the "Magnificent Blueprint"8. The Protracted Transition9. "Death of Bretton Woods"10. EpilogueNotesBibliographyIndex Promotional This book relates intriguing and often complicated issues of economic analysis and diplomatic history. Long Description Diverted by the dramatic military and political events of July 1944, few Americans realized the significance of an international conference taking place at Bretton Woods, a mountain resort in New Hampshire, far from the battle zones. There United Nations experts were completing plans for a world monetary and financial system that they hoped would create a prosperous, efficient global economy and avert economic tensions that might lead to another world war. Until the dollar crisis of 1971, decisions made at Bretton Woods provided the institutions and rules for international finance. The conference ushered in an era of unprecedented expansion of world trade and prosperity. Based on extensive research in previously unavailable sources, A Search for Solvency relates intriguing and often complicated issues of economic analysis and diplomatic history. It offers a succinct and comprehensive survey of international monetary development from the collapse of the pre-World War I gold standard to the devaluation of the dollar in 1971. In effect, it explains the origins of late twentieth-century global inflation and currency problems. The author details how the ghost of the Great Depression, the failure of monetary reconstruction efforts after World War I, and the memory of the nineteenth-century gold standard guided efforts to construct the Bretton Woods system. This preoccupation with the past, as well as political constraints, produced a monetary system protected against past dangers--fluctuating currencies, controls, and deflation--but dangerously vulnerable to inflationary pressures. The weaknesses of Bretton Woods, a system geared to an era in which economic power was concentrated in the United States, became visible in the 1960s and painfully apparent by the mid-1970s. Details ISBN0292740832 Pages 370 Publisher University of Texas Press Language English ISBN-10 0292740832 ISBN-13 9780292740839 Media Book Imprint University of Texas Press Subtitle Bretton Woods and the International Monetary System, 1941-1971 Place of Publication Austin, TX Country of Publication United States Illustrations black & white illustrations DEWEY 332.042 Short Title SEARCH FOR SOLVENCY Format Paperback Year 1975 Publication Date 1975-09-01 AU Release Date 1975-09-01 NZ Release Date 1975-09-01 US Release Date 1975-09-01 UK Release Date 1975-09-01 Author Alfred E. Eckes Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 30 DAY RETURN POLICY No questions asked, 30 day returns! FREE DELIVERY No matter where you are in the UK, delivery is free. 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