The European Exchange Rate Mechanism has affected all our lives. Monetary union, the ERM's offspring, would affect us even more. The Rotten Heart of Europe, exposes the doubletalk surrounding the efforts of politicians, bankers and bureaucrats to force Europe into a crippling mo…
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With Inside the FED, Stephen Axilrod offers his unique perspective on the inner workings of the Federal Reserve System during the last fifty years- writing about personalities as much as policy- based on his knowledge and observations of every Fed chairman since 1951. This editi…
"An outstanding feature of Asian Economy and Finance: A Post-Crisis Perspective is that unlike most Asia-related books, it is written in a comprehensive and authoritative manner and covers large areas of Asian macro-economy and finance. The noteworthy areas of focus include glob…
This book challenges the mainstream paradigm, which is based on the inter-temporal optimisation of welfare by individual agents. It introduces a new methodology for studying how it is institutions which create flows of income, expenditure and production together with stocks of a…
The global economy is in a state of extreme disequilibrium, having witnessed a series of crises in recent years, and it is predicted that such imbalances will soon culminate in the collapse of the US dollar and subsequently cause a worldwide slump. This book explains the origins…
This history of money describes the gold standard, which began in 16th century Spain's quest to collect as much gold as possible through the introduction of paper money as a means of wartime financing during the French and American Revolutions. "The world was wild for gold. Aft…
This history of money describes the gold standard, which began in 16th century Spain's quest to collect as much gold as possible through the introduction of paper money as a means of wartime financing during the French and American Revolutions. "The world was wild for gold. Aft…
Recounts the events of the Bretton Woods accords, presents portraits of the two men at the center of the drama, and reveals Harry White's admiration for Soviet economic planning and communications with intelligence officers.
Examines the underlying causes of the tumult of the 1920s, including the impact of World War I, the popularization of Freud and Darwin, and in particular the cataclysmic effects of the machine age.
The exchange rate is the most important price in any economy, since it affects all other prices. Exchange rates are set, either directly or indirectly, by government policy. Exchange rates are also central to the global economy, for they profoundly influence all international ec…
The exchange rate is the most important price in any economy, since it affects all other prices. Exchange rates are set, either directly or indirectly, by government policy. Exchange rates are also central to the global economy, for they profoundly influence all international ec…