The Bretton Woods Agreements - Together with Scholarly Commentaries and Essential Historical Documents (Paperback)

Commentaries by top scholars alongside the most important documents and speeches concerning the Bretton Woods Conference of 1944

The two world wars brought an end to a long†‘standing system of international commerce based on the gold standard. After the First World War, the weaknesses in the gold standard contributed to hyperinflation, the Great Depression, the rise of fascism, and ultimately World War II. The Bretton Woods Conference of 1944 arose out of the Allies’ desire to design a postwar international economic system that would provide a basis for prosperity, trade, and worldwide economic development.
 
Alongside important documents and speeches concerning the adoption and evolution of the Bretton Woods system, this volume includes lively, readable, original essays on such topics as why the gold standard was doomed, how Bretton Woods encouraged the adoption of Keynesian economics, how the agreements influenced late†‘twentieth†‘century ideas of international development, and why the agreements ultimately had to give way to other arrangements.

General

Imprint:	Yale University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Basic Documents in World Politics
Release date:	August 2019
Editors:	Naomi Lamoreaux • Ian Shapiro
Dimensions:	210 x 140 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	504
ISBN-13:	978-0-300-23679-8
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Political economy Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government > Central government policies Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > General Books > History > World history > From 1900 > General
LSN:	0-300-23679-4
Barcode:	9780300236798

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