The international monetary system:essays in world economics

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Cooper Richard N.
Published: MIT Press,
Publisher Address: Cambridge, Mass.
Publication Dates: c1987.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Carrier Form: xvii, 286 p.: ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 0262031248
Index Number: F821
CLC: F821.1
Call Number: F821.1/C778/
Contents: Includes bibliographies and indexes.
Prolegomena to the choice of an international monetary system -- The gold standard : historical facts and future prospects -- Flexing the international monetary system : the case for gliding parities -- Flexible exchange rates, 1973-1980 : how bad have they really been? -- The balance-of-payments adjustment process -- IMF surveillance over floating exchange rates -- Eurodollars, reserve dollars, and asymmetries in the international monetary system -- The future of the dollar -- Sterling, European monetary unification, and the international monetary system -- The future of the SDR -- The international monetary system in the 1980s -- The evolution of the International Monetary Fund towards a world central bank -- A monetary system for the future.