Alfred E Eckes Jr : 4 books
U.S. Trade Policy: History, Theory, and the WTO
History, Theory, and the WTO
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2015
Lovett (Tulane Law School), Eckes (a former commissioner of the U.S. International Commission during the Reagan and Bush I administrations), and Brinkman (international economics, Portland State U.) evaluate the evolution of U.S. trade policy, focusing on the period from the establishment of the Gen
The Contemporary Global Economy
A History since 1980
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2011
The Contemporary Global Economy provides a lively overview of recent turbulence in the world economy, focusing on the dynamics of globalization since the 1980s. It explains the main drivers of economic change and how we are able to discern their effects in the world today.
A lucid and balanced...
Encyclopedia of World Trade: From Ancient Times to the Present
From Ancient Times to the Present
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2015
Written for high school or beginning undergraduate students, this four-volume reference valiantly attempts to provide a historical framework for the perhaps overly broad concept of world trade. Entry topics were selected on trade organizations, influential people, commodities, events that affected trade, trade routes, navigation, religion, communic
A Search for Solvency
Bretton Woods and the International Monetary System, 1941-1971
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2014
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...