| Globalization and the International Financial System: What's Wrong and What Can Be Done Contributor(s): Isard, Peter (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521605075 ISBN-13: 9780521605076 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $39.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2004 Annotation: This book provides prespectives on various aspects of the international financial system that contribute to financial crises and growth failures, and discusses the remedies that economists have proposed for addressing the underlying problems. It also sheds light on a central feature of the international financial system that remains mysterious to many economists and most non-economists: The International Monetary Fund and the factors that influence its effectiveness. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Finance - General - Business & Economics | Development - Economic Development - Business & Economics | Money & Monetary Policy |
| Dewey: 332.042 |
| LCCN: 2004049269 |
| Physical Information: 0.83" H x 6" W x 9.02" (1.16 lbs) 384 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Developing World |
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Contributor Bio(s): Isard, Peter: - Peter Isard is Assistant Director in the Research Department of the International Monetary Fund, where he has worked since 1985. From 1972 through 1985 Dr Isard held research and managerial positions in the International Finance Division of the Federal Reserve Board. He has published numerous articles on the behavior of exchange rates, strategies for monetary policy, and directions for reforming the international financial system. His book Exchange Rate Economics (Cambridge University Press, 1995) has been widely acclaimed. |