The importance of the international monetary system is clearly evident in daily news stories about fluctuating currencies and in dramatic events such as the recent reversals in the Mexican economy. It has become increasingly apparent that one cannot understand the international economy without knowing how its monetary system operates. Now Barry Eichengreen presents a brief, luc...(展开全部)

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. Brief and lucid, "Globalizing Capital" is intended not only for economists, but...(展开全部)

The importance of the international monetary system is clearly evident in daily news stories about fluctuating currencies and in dramatic events such as the recent reversals in the Mexican economy. It has become increasingly apparent that one cannot understand the international economy without knowing how its monetary system operates. Now Barry Eichengreen presents a brief, luc...(展开全部)

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. Brief and lucid, "Globalizing Capital" is intended not only for economists, but...(展开全部)

Once upon a time, economists saw capital account liberalization - the free and unrestricted flow of capital in and out of countries - as unambiguously good. Good for debtor states, good for the world economy. No longer. Spectacular banking and currency crises in recent decades - from Latin America in the early 1980s to Scandinavia a decade later to Mexico, Southeast Asia, Russi...(展开全部)

让梯若尔（Jean Tirole），2014年诺贝尔经济学奖得主，1978年在巴黎第九大学获得应用数学博士学位， 1981年在麻省理工学院获得经济学博士学位。现担任法国图卢兹大学产业经济研究所科研所长，同时在巴黎大学、麻省理工学院担任兼职教授，并先后在哈佛大学、斯坦福大学担任客座教授。1984年至今担任《计量经济学》（Econometrica）杂志副主编。 同时还是普纳思经济管理研究院学术委员。 梯若尔教授具有非凡的概括与综合能力，他总是能够把经济学的任何一个领域中为本质的规律和为重要的成果以为简洁的经济学模型和语言表达出来，并整理成一个系统的理论框架。

Details the evolution of the monetary standard from the start of the Federal Reserve through the end of the Greenspan era. The book places that evolution in the context of the intellectual and political environment of the time. By understanding the fitful process of replacing a gold standard with a paper money standard, the conduct of monetary policy becomes a series of experim...(展开全部)

Most economists and political scientists assume that efficiency, the invisible hand, is the preeminent factor in monetary decisions; questions of power and the role it plays in monetary policy are largely neglected. This pathbreaking book redirects attention to monetary power and provides an original framework for assessing its role in relations between sovereign states. At pre...(展开全部)

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 government alone come to more than $1,000 per Chinese resident. This depend...(展开全部)

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 government alone come to more than $1,000 per Chinese resident. This depend...(展开全部)