Peace Education Tip V44#4

Economics of the International Financial System offers an illuminating, engaging and lucid account of the working of 21st-century global political economy. From a macroeconomic perspective, it explores how major capitalist economies are closely integrated with each other in that none can remain unaffected by economic events around the globe._x005F_x000D_The book is one of the first in its genre to examine:_x005F_x000D__x005F_x000D__x005F_x000D__x005F_x000D_the origin and relevance of international money as a concept and phenomenon;_x005F_x000D__x005F_x000D__x005F_x000D_the structure of various money markets;_x005F_x000D__x005F_x000D__x005F_x000D_the nature and functioning of major international financial institutions such as the World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD); and_x005F_x000D__x005F_x000D__x005F_x000D_the dynamics of the new world financial system that emerged after the demise of Bretton Woods system._x005F_x000D__x005F_x000D_This will form an essential reading for students and scholars of international monetary economics, international corporate finance, researchers, policymakers, bankers and financial executives.