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The unloved dollar standard : from Bretton Woods to the rise of China / Ronald I. McKinnon.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, New York : Oxford University Press, 2013Copyright date: ©2013Description: 1 online resource (237 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
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  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780199937011 (e-book)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Unloved dollar standard : from Bretton Woods to the rise of China.DDC classification:
  • 332.4560973 23
LOC classification:
  • HG3851 .M355 2013
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This book provides historical and analytical perspectives on the different phases of the postwar dollar standard in order to better understand its resilience in spite of the great volatility in today's global monetary system.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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McKinnon (emer., international economics, Stanford Univ.) presents an analysis reflecting insights gained over a lifetime's distinguished career as an academic and a consultant. He begins with a succinct history, noting that the US dollar has come to serve as the international monetary standard as a result of the aftermath of WW II. He evaluates its performance under the Bretton Woods Agreement and during a series of systemic shocks resulting from policies under Nixon, Carter, Greenspan, and Bernanke. He finds the dollar standard wanting. Despite the failure of US policy makers to recognize responsibilities to the world community of the dollar's unique role in international economic stability as well as the persistence of macroeconomic fallacies underlying their policies, McKinnon demonstrates that the dollar's preeminent position remains secure. Through sophisticated and subtle analysis supported by empirical data graphically presented, he concludes that the persistent deficits in the US balance of payments are not a product of exchange rate distortions but rather of a national savings deficit. The concluding chapter offers proposals for reform and recommends that correction will require a coordinated approach on the part of both deficit and surplus nations. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduate through professional audiences as well as general readers. E. L. Whalen formerly, Clarke College

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