The International Money Game has been fully rewritten to take account of changes in the world economy, it provides a comprehensive overview of international financial developments, including both the structure of payments arrangements and the series of credit and asset bubbles and the financial crises. INDICE: List of Figures, Tables, and Boxes - Preface and Acknowledgements - List of Abbreviations and Acronyms - Introduction - A System is How the Pieces Fit - The Name of the Game is Money - PART I INTERNATIONAL MONETARY ARRANGEMENTS, MONEY, AND POLITICS - Gold- How Much Is a 'Barbarous Relic' Worth? - The Gnomes of Zurich Play in the Largest Market in the World - 'The Greatest Monetary Agreement in History' - Radio Luxembourg and the Eurodollar Market are both Offshore Stations - The Dollar and Coco-Cola are both Brand Names - They Invented Money so They Could Have Inflation - Global Imbalances and the Persistent US Trade Deficit - A World Record- Five Asset Price Bubbles in Thirty Years - Another World Record- Four Financial Crisis in Twenty Five Years - CentralBankers Read Election Returns, not Balance Sheets - Monetary Reform- Where Dothe Problems Go When They're Assumed Away - Globalization 1.0- The Silk Road to Asia and the Salt Caravans Across the Sahara - Taxation, Regulation, and the Level Playing Field - Banking on the Wire - The Reverend Thomas Malthus, theOPEC Cartel and the Price of Energy from 1800 to 2100 - The World Market for Bonds and Stocks - MBSs, ABSs,CMOs, CDOs, Zeros, Swaps, Options, and Credit Default Swaps- The Revolution in Finance - 'Why Are the MultiNational Firms Mostly Americans?' - Japan- 'the First Superstate' - China- The Eight Hundred Pound Gorilla - Russia- From Marxist Command to Market Economy - Fitting the Pieces Once Again
- ISBN: 978-0-230-01894-5
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 384
- Fecha Publicación: 13/08/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés