Exchange Rate Chaos : 25 Years of Finance and Consumer Democracy.

By: Geisst, Charles RMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: London : Routledge, 1995Copyright date: ©1995Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (193 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780203013885Subject(s): Finance -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century | Finance -- United States -- History -- 20th century | Foreign exchange rates -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century | Foreign exchange rates -- United States -- History -- 20th century | Great Britain -- Foreign economic relations -- United States | United States -- Foreign economic relations -- Great BritainGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Exchange Rate Chaos : 25 Years of Finance and Consumer DemocracyDDC classification: 332.4/56/0973 LOC classification: HG3903 -- .G45 2002ebOnline resources: Click to View
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Summary: The Bretton Woods system ensured a quarter of a century of relative stability on the world's financial markets. The quarter of a century which has followed has brought financial chaos and excessive financial volatility. Exchange Rate Chaos: 25 Years of Financial and Consumer Democracy describes and compares US and British financial history during this period. It highlights: * similarites in financial developments between the two countries * consumer democracy: Have the wishes of consumers dominated exchange rate policy? * The decline of the small investor and the hegemony of financial institutions * How the floating exchange rates are manipulated to government advantage One of the few financial histories to deal with the postwar period, this book shows how financial developments have shaped contemporary society and politics.
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The Bretton Woods system ensured a quarter of a century of relative stability on the world's financial markets. The quarter of a century which has followed has brought financial chaos and excessive financial volatility. Exchange Rate Chaos: 25 Years of Financial and Consumer Democracy describes and compares US and British financial history during this period. It highlights: * similarites in financial developments between the two countries * consumer democracy: Have the wishes of consumers dominated exchange rate policy? * The decline of the small investor and the hegemony of financial institutions * How the floating exchange rates are manipulated to government advantage One of the few financial histories to deal with the postwar period, this book shows how financial developments have shaped contemporary society and politics.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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