Exchange Rate Chaos: 25 Years of Finance and Consumer Democracy

by Geisst; Charles R.

• ISBN13: 9780415109819
• ISBN10: 0415109817
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1995-10-09
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Exchange Rate Chaosprovides a much needed financial history of the US and UK in the postwar period. The author describes and compares developments in the financial markets and institutions of the two countries since the collapse of the Bretton Woods system in 1971. This book is one of the first to look at financial developments in this period and to put them in their social and political context. As such, it is a valuable guide for all those who are interested in the financial and economic history of the late twentieth century.

Table of Contents

Lists of figures and tables
Introduction	p. 1
The System Dissolves	p. 17
Emerging Crises	p. 39
Responding to Inflation	p. 59
Rising Institutionalism	p. 82
Banking Reforms on Both Sides	p. 102
Big Bang and Beyond	p. 127
Banking Reform Again	p. 147
Conclusion	p. 162
Chronology	p. 167
Notes	p. 170
Bibliography	p. 176
Index	p. 178
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