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... PartiBirthoftheBrettonWoodsSystemwiththelargestexportsofgoods and services.SinceJanuary,1981,thebaskethasbeencomposedofthecurrenciesofthefivememberswiththelargestexportsofgoods and services.Thecurrencies and theirweightsinthebasketaretheU.S.dollar(42percent),thedeutschemark(19percent), and theyen,Frenchfranc, and poundsterling(13percenteach).TheSDRservesastheofficialunitofaccountinkeepingthebooksoftheIMF.Itisdesigned,inthewordsoftheFund,to"eventuallybecometheprincipalassetoftheinternationalmonetarysystem."Butitisworthnoting a fewthingsaboutit.Itsvaluechangeseverydayinrelationtothedollar and everyothernationalcurrency.(Forexample,onAugust25,1982,theSDRwasvaluedat$1,099 and sixdayslaterat$1,083.)Moreimportantly,theSDR,composedof a basketofpapercurrencies,isitself a paperunitgovernedby a weightedaverageofinflationinfivecountries and steadilydepreciatinginpurchasingpower. A numberofcountrieshavepeggedtheircurrenciestotheSDR—i.e.,to a fallingpeg.YettheIMFboaststhatitisstillitspolicy"toreducegraduallythemonetaryroleofgold," and proudlypointsoutthatfrom1975to1980itsold50millionouncesofgold a thirdofits1975holdings.TheU.S.TreasuryDepartmentcanmake a similarboast. What neithertheFundnortheAmericanTreasurybothertopointoutisthatthisgoldhasanenormouslyhighervaluetodaythanatthetimethesalesweremade.Theprofithasgoneto world speculators and otherprivatepersons.TheAmerican and, inpart,theforeigntaxpayerhaslostagain.ToresumethehistoryoftheBrettonWoodsagreements and theIMF:BecausetheFundwas16futureburden and riskontheimprudentpastprivatelenders (and theircreditorsinturn)ratherthanonthe world& apos;staxpayers and nationalcurrencyholders.But what isallthisleadingto?Mayitnotconsistmerelyofthrowinggoodmoneyafterbad?Howlongcantheinternationaljugglerskeepthemountingunpaiddebtintheair?Theycannotbeblamedfornotmaking a newtry.OnJan.17,1983,seniormonetaryofficialsfrom10majorindustrialnations(theGroupof10,formedin1962)agreedtomakeavailable a $20billionemergencyfundtohelpdeeplyindebtedcountries.AsreportedinTheNewYorkTimesofJan.18,1983:The ... a temporary world inflationwith a subsequentcollapse.Onthepositiveside, what could and shouldbedoneattheBrettonWoodsconference?Muchwouldbegainedbyanagreementoncertainfundamentalprinciples.Thefirstessentialis a determinationtomakecurrenciessoundwithineachcountry.TheUnitedStatesisin a positiontotaketheleadership.Themostimportantcontributionthatthiscountrycouldmaketo world currencystabilitywouldbetodeclareunequivocallyitsdeterminationtostabilizeitsowncurrency.Itcoulddothisbyannouncingitsdeterminationtobalanceitsbudgetattheearliestpracticablemomentafterthewar, and byannounc-48TheMonetaryConferenceJuly1,1944TodaytherepresentativesofmorethanfortynationswillgatheratBrettonWoodstoopen a monetaryconference.Inseveralrespectstheconferencewillgetofftoanunfortunatestart.Importantastheproblemofstableexchanges and world monetarysoundnessis,itwouldbeimpossibletoimagine a moredifficulttimeforindividualnationstodecideat what leveltheycanfix and stabilizetheirnationalcurrencyunit.HowcouldtherepresentativesofFrance,ofHolland,ofGreece,ofChina,makeanybutthewildestguessatthismomentofthepointatwhichtheycouldhopetostabilize?Thisproblemexistson a world- widescaleto a greaterextentthaneverbeforeinhistory.Itisperhapsanevenmoreseriousobstacletosuccessthatthemainproposalforstabilizationtheconferenceisscheduledtoconsiderquitemisconceivesthenatureoftheproblemtobesolved and thereforeattemptstosolveitfromthewrongend.Itproposesthateachnationshalladopt a parvalueforitscurrencythattheothernationsshallaccept;thatthenationsshallputgoldortheirownpapercurrenciesinto a commonpool, and thattheresourcesofthatpool47withwhichtheywereplaced,atthesametimeasthedominantprivateinterestwouldtaketheloansoutofthedangerouspoliticalfield and assurethattheyweremadeonbusinessprinciples and withadequateguarantees.Butanymachinerythatissetupwillbeofsecondaryimportancefor world recoverycomparedwithideologicalreforms.Eachnationshouldabandonthefallaciousideathatitistoitsownadvantagetoinflateordevaluate,orthatitgainswheniterectshugetariffbarriersorsubsidizesexportsorblocksitscurrency,orwhenitforbidsitsowncitizenstoexportgold,capital,orcredit.Eachnationshouldabandonthefallaciousidea,inshort,thatitgainswhenitmakeseconomicwaronitsneighbor.50Itshouldbeobviousonitsfacethatthiswholeprocedureisunsound.Itispossible,ofcourse,that a nationcouldgetintobalance-of-paymentsdifficultiesthroughnorealfaultofitsown—becauseofanearthquake, a longdrought,orbeingforcedintoanessentiallydefensivewar.Butmostofthetime,balance-of-paymentsdifficultiesarebroughtaboutbyunsoundpoliciesonthepartofthenationthatsuffersfromthem.Thesemayconsistofpeggingitscurrencytoohigh,encouragingitscitizensoritsowngovernmenttobuyexcessiveimports;encouragingitsunionstofixdomesticwageratestoohigh;enactingminimumwagerates;imposingexcessivecorporationorindividualincometaxes(destroyingincentivestoproduction and preventingthecreationofsufficientcapitalforinvestment);imposingpriceceilings;underminingpropertyrights;attemptingtoredistributeincome;followingotheranti-capitalisticpolicies;orevenimposingoutrightsocialism.Sincenearlyeverygovernmenttoday—particularlyof"developing"countries—ispracticingatleast a fewofthesepolicies,itisnotsurprisingthatsomeofthesecountrieswillgetinto"balance-of-paymentdifficulties"withothers. A "balance-of-paymentsdifficulty",in ... formorbyanyelectronicormechanicalmeans,includinginformationstorage and retrievalsystems,withoutpermissioninwritingfromthepublisher,exceptby a reviewerwhomayquotebriefpassagesin a review.PublishedbyRegneryGateway,Inc.360WestSuperiorStreetChicago,Illinois60610-0890LibraryofCongressCataloginginPublicationDataHazlitt,Henry,1894-FromBrettonWoodsto world inflation.1.Internationalfinance—Addresses,essays,lectures.2.UnitedNationsMonetary and FinancialConference(1944:BrettonWoods,N.H.)—Addresses,essays,lectures.3.InternationalMonetaryFund—Addresses,essays,lectures.4.Inflation(Finance)—Addresses,essays,lectures.I.Title.HG3881.H361983332.4'56683-43042ISBN0-89526-617-2ManufacturedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica.netdamagethan a policyofgradualism.AstheNobellaureateF. A. Hayeksaidrecently*inrecommending a similarcourse:"Thechoicesare20percentunemploymentforsixmonthsor10percentunemploymentforthreeyears."Icannotvouchfor...
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