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Global imbalances and the lessons of Bretton Woods /

Why the current Bretton Woods-like international financial system, featuring large current account deficits in the center country, the United States, and massive reserve accumulation by the periphery, is not sustainable.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Eichengreen, Barry J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2007.
Series:Cairoli lecture series
Subjects:
United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference > (1944 : > Bretton Woods, N.H.)
International finance.
ECONOMICS/Political Economy
ECONOMICS/Macroeconomics
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:Why the current Bretton Woods-like international financial system, featuring large current account deficits in the center country, the United States, and massive reserve accumulation by the periphery, is not sustainable.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 187 pages) : illustrations.
ISBN:9780262272209
0262272202
1282097911
9781282097919
1429418710
9781429418713
DOI:10.7551/mitpress/3297.001.0001