... TheMonetaryConferenceJuly1,1944Todaytherepresentatives of morethanfortynationswillgatheratBrettonWoodstoopenamonetaryconference.Inseveralrespectstheconferencewillgetofftoanunfortunatestart.Importantastheproblem of stableexchanges and worldmonetarysoundnessis,itwouldbeimpossibletoimagineamoredifficulttimeforindividualnationstodecideatwhatleveltheycanfix and stabilizetheirnationalcurrencyunit.Howcouldtherepresentatives of France, of Holland, of Greece, of China,makeanybutthewildestguessatthismoment of thepointatwhichtheycouldhopetostabilize?Thisproblemexistsonaworld-widescaletoagreaterextentthaneverbeforeinhistory.Itisperhapsanevenmoreseriousobstacletosuccessthatthemainproposalforstabilizationtheconferenceisscheduledtoconsiderquitemisconceivesthenature of theproblemtobesolved and thereforeattemptstosolveitfromthewrongend.Itproposesthateachnationshalladoptaparvalueforitscurrencythattheothernationsshallaccept;thatthenationsshallputgoldortheirownpapercurrenciesintoacommonpool, and thattheresources of thatpool47 ... IntroductionThepurpose of thisbookistore-examinethe consequences of thedecisionsmadebytherepresentatives of theforty-fivenationsatBrettonWoods,NewHampshire,fortyyearsago.Thesedecisions, and theinstitutionssetuptocarrythemout,haveledustothepresentworldmonetarychaos.Forthefirsttimeinhistory,everynationisonaninconvertiblepapermoneybasis.Asaresult,everynationisinflating,someatanappallingrate.Thishasbroughteconomicdisruption,chronicunemployment, and anxiety,destitution, and despairtountoldmillions of families.ItisnotthatinflationhadnotoccurredbeforetheBrettonWoodsConferenceinJuly,1944.Inflation'swidespreadexistenceatthetime,infact,wastheveryreasontheconferencewascalled.Butatthatmeeting,chieflyundertheleadership of JohnMaynardKeynes of England,allthewrongdecisionsweremade.Inflationwasinstitutionalized. And inspite of themountingmonetarychaossincethen, theworld'spoliticalofficeholdershaveneverseriouslyre-examinedtheinflationistassumptionsthatguidedtheauthors of theBrettonWoodsagreements.Themain ... theworld'spoliticalofficeholdershaveneverseriouslyre-examinedtheinflationistassumptionsthatguidedtheauthors of theBrettonWoodsagreements.Themain
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... Department for Economic and Social Affairs and a development econo-mist, provides an account of the divergent diagnoses of what caused the Asian financial crisis. The Asiancrisis transformed the ... stronger sense of regional identity that resulted from the Asian crisis. For years to come, the Asian financial crisisof 1997- 98 will symbol-ize for some the catastrophic effects of economic globalization. ... Chinese capitalism and local East Asian economies.David Burton, the director for the Asia and Pacific department at the IMF, offers the perspectives of the Fund on the causesof the crisis. In his...
... opinions of the Asian miracle were rad-ically transformed from praise to condemnation by the Asian currency and financial crises of1997 98. Once identified and acclaimed as central to the Asian ... initially saw the Asian currency and financial crises as vindication of Krugman’s argument. Often, there was more than a touch of Western triumphalism in pronouncements of “the end of the Asian miracle.”In ... authority and effective surveillance. There was a prolifera-tion of banks between 1988 and1997 before 1988, there were less than a hundred banks, and by the time of the crisis in 1997, there...
... of how the financial and eco-nomic crisisof 1997- 98 developed in the different Asian economies, as well as comparing them with countries outside of Asia both before and after the 1997- 98 crisis. ... insider’s view of the Asian crisis. It will start with a descriptive analysis of what happened, looking at the simi-larities and differences of what seem to have been the causesof the crisis in ... the history of the Asian financial crisis in Indonesia. Professor Djiwandono also holds a permanent academic position in the economics de-partment of the University of Indonesia, and was previously...
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