This section covers the history of the international monetary system, financial integration, and global commodity andstock markets.The following titles link to fuller bibliographic information in theLibrary of Congress Online Catalog.
Globalizing Capital: a History of the International Monetary System by Barry Eichengreen
Call Number: HG3881 .E347 2019
ISBN: 9780691193908
See AlsoThe Ages of Finance: A Timeline of MarketsThe Five Eras of Financial MarketsFinancial Market History Can Help Today’s InvestorsThe Evolution of Stock ExchangesPublished/Created: 2019
Updated to cover recent events that have shaken the global economy, Globalizing Capital offers an account of the past 150 years of international monetary and financial history--from the classical gold standard to today's post-Bretton Woods "nonsystem." Bringing the story up to the present, this third edition covers the global financial crisis, the Greek bailout, the Euro crisis, the rise of China as a global monetary power, the renewed controversy over the international role of the U.S. dollar, and the currency war. Globalizing Capital is an excellent book for anyone who wants to understand where the international economy has been--and where it may be going.
International Monetary Systems in Historical Perspective by Jaime Reis (Editor)
Call Number: 0333611357
ISBN: 0333611357
Published/Created: 1995
A collection of essays that review historical and modern attempts to create principals that govern international monetary relations and exchange rates over the past 150 years.
Call Number: HG3881 .I607283 2003
ISBN: 0521819954
See AlsoMSc Financial HistoryPublished/Created: 2003
The essays, written by leading experts, examine the history of the international financial system in terms of the debate about globalization and its limits. In the nineteenth century, international markets existed without international institutions. A response to the problems of capital flows came in the form of attempts to regulate national capital markets (for instance through the establishment of central banks). In the inter-war years, there were (largely unsuccessful) attempts at designing a genuine international trade and monetary system; and at the same time (coincidentally) the system collapsed. In the post-1945 era, the intended design effort was infinitely more successful. The development of large international capital markets since the 1960s, however, increasingly frustrated attempts at international control. The emphasis has shifted in consequence to debates about increasing the transparency and effectiveness of markets; but these are exactly the issues that already dominated the nineteenth-century discussions.
Call Number: HG3881 .E523 2011
ISBN: 9780230232266
Published/Created: 2010
Drawing on prominent contributions by economists to the debate on international monetary reform, this book provides an historical perspective on the plans, schemes and ideas on the international financial system.
Orderly Change: International Monetary Relations Since Bretton Woods by David M. Andrews (Editor)
Call Number: HG3881 .O647 2008
ISBN: 9780801473999
Published/Created: 2008
The Bretton Woods Conference of 1944 resulted in the formation of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank and helped lay the foundation for an unprecedented expansion of international commerce. Yet six decades later, at the beginning of the twenty-first century, the central characteristics of the Bretton Woods system remain disputed--and the subject of continuing public policy debate. Relying on extensive access to IMF, World Bank, and other archives, the authors show that the history of international monetary relations since Bretton Woods is one of "orderly change"--that is, change within a sturdy but supple framework. Even during the years of fixed exchange rates, very different practices characterized international monetary relations immediately after World War II, during the 1950s, and during the 1960s. Later, when the fixed exchange-rate system collapsed, underlying commitments to trade liberalization in the context of continuing national economic policy autonomy survived and even flourished. However, the resulting international economic order is now in grave danger: the tension between states' autonomy and their mutual openness has become acute, as international monetary structures no longer appear capable of mediating between these objectives. David M. Andrews and the contributors to Orderly Change examine past transitions as a means of suggesting possible avenues for current and future policymaking.
NBER Working Papers. National Bureau of Economic Research
NBER publishes working papers on the issues of globalization. More working papers on the subject can be found on the International Trade and Investment Program External page.
Commodity Market Integration, 1500-2000 External
By Ronald Findlay and Kevin H. O'Rourke
NBER Working Paper No. 8579
Issued in November 2001A Century of Global Stock Markets External
By Philippe Jorion and William N. Goetzmann
NBER Working Paper No. 5901
Issued in January 1997Financial Systems, Economic Growth, and Globalization External
By Peter L. Rousseau and Richard Sylla
NBER Working Paper No. 8323
Issued in June 2001