Barry Eichengreen: 14 books
Exorbitant Privilege:The Rise and Fall of the Dollar and the Future of the International Monetary System
The Rise and Fall of the Dollar and the Future of the International Monetary System
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2010
For more than half a century, the U.S. dollar has been not just America's currency but the world's. It is used globally by importers, exporters, investors, governments and central banks alike. Nearly three-quarters of all $100 bills circulate outside the United States. The dollar holdings of the Chinese...
by Barry Eichengreen
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2010
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.
In Global Imbalances and the Lessons of Bretton Woods, Barry Eichengreen...
Hall of Mirrors
The Great Depression, the Great Recession, and the Uses-and Misuses-of History
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2014
The two great financial crises of the past century are the Great Depression of the 1930s and the Great Recession, which began in 2008. Both occurred against the backdrop of sharp credit booms, dubious banking practices, and a fragile and unstable global financial system. When markets went into cardiac...
Globalizing Capital
A History of the International Monetary System - Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2008
First published more than a decade ago, Globalizing Capital remains an indispensable part of the economic literature today. Written by renowned economist Barry Eichengreen, this classic book emphasizes the importance of the international monetary system for understanding the international economy....
The Populist Temptation
Economic Grievance and Political Reaction in the Modern Era
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2018
Populism of the right and left has spread like wildfire throughout the world. The impulse reached its apogee in the United States with the election of Trump, but it was a force in Europe ever since the Great Recession sent the European economy into a prolonged tailspin. In the simplest terms, populism...
Die großen Crashs 1929 und 2008
Im Spiegelsaal der Geschichte
Language: German
Release Date: March 20, 2017
Die Ursachen der beiden größten ökonomischen Katastrophen in den letzten 100 Jahren - die Weltwirtschaftskrise in den 1930er-Jahren und die Finanzkrise seit 2008 - gleichen einander wie ein Ei dem anderen. Beide entstanden infolge eines krassen Kreditbooms, dubioser Bankpraktiken sowie eines fragilen...
How Global Currencies Work
Past, Present, and Future
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2017
A powerful new understanding of global currency trends, including the rise of the Chinese yuan
At first glance, the modern history of the global economic system seems to support the long-held view that the leading world power’s currency—the British pound, the U.S. dollar, and perhaps someday...
by Barry Eichengreen
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2018
The first edition of this book was published in 1994, as the future of monetary unification in Europe was very much in doubt. With Economic and Monetary Union now in place, it is appropriate to bring the scholarship on the topic up to date for the students of international political economics. To...
by Barry Eichengreen, Marc Flandreau
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2005
Since the successful first edition of The Gold Standard in Theory and History was published in 1985, much new research has been completed. This updated version contains five new essays including:
* post 1990 literature on exchange rate target zones
* a discussion of the light shed by the gold standard...
Golden Fetters : The Gold Standard and the Great Depression, 1919-1939
The Gold Standard and the Great Depression, 1919-1939
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 1992
This book offers a reassessment of the international monetary problems that led to the global economic crisis of the 1930s. It explores the connections between the gold standard--the framework regulating international monetary affairs until 1931--and the Great Depression that broke out in 1929. Eichengreen...
The World Economy after the Global Crisis
A New Economic Order for the 21st Century
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2012
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The global credit crisis of 2008–2009 was the most serious shock to the world economy in fully 80 years. It was for the world as a whole what the Asian crisis of 1997–1998 was for emerging markets: a profoundly alarming wake-up call. By laying bare the fragility of...
by Anne Jansen, Donald Mr. Mathieson, Barry Mr. Eichengreen
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 1998
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 1998
Hedge funds are collective investment vehicles, often organized as private partnerships and resident offshore for tax and regulatory purposes. Their legal status places few restrictions on their portfolios and transactions, leaving their managers free to use short sales, derivative securities, and...
by Michael Mr. Mussa, Giovanni Mr. Dell'Ariccia, Barry Mr. Eichengreen
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 1998
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 1998
Capital account liberalization - orderly, properly sequence, and befitting the individual circumstances of countries- is an inevitable step for all countries wishing to realize the benefits of the globalized economy. This paper reviews the theories behind capital account liberalization and examines...
by Barry Mr. Eichengreen, Inci Ms. Ötker, A. Mr. Hamann
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 1998
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 1998
In a world of increasing capital mobility and broadening and more diversified trade, many (but not all) developing and transition economies are likely to find it desirable to move from relatively fixed exchange rate regimes to regimes of greater exchange rate flexibility. This paper suggests why,...