The new international money game /
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| Author / Creator: | Aliber, Robert Z. |
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| Edition: | 6th ed. |
| Imprint: | Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2002. |
| Description: | xxiv, 403 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Subject: | International finance. International finance. |
| Format: | Print Book |
| Local Note: | University of Chicago Library's copy 3 is a hardback; copy 4 is a paperback. |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4584023 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. A System is How the Pieces Fit
- 2. The Name of the Game is Money
- Pt. I. International Monetary Arrangements, Money, and Politics
- 3. 'The Greatest Monetary Agreement in History'
- 4. The Gnomes of Zurich Play in the Largest Market in the World
- 5. Gold - How much is a 'Barbarous Relic' Worth?
- 6. The Dollar and Coca-Cola are both Brand Names
- 7. Radio Luxembourg and the Eurodollar Market are both Offshore Stations
- 8. They Invented Money so They Could Have Inflation
- 9. Oil and OPEC Roller Coaster
- 10. The Threes Ds - Disinflation, Deflation, and Depression
- 11. Optimal Bankrupts - Deadbeats on an International Treadmill
- 12. Central Bankers Read Election Returns, not Balance Sheets
- 13. Monetary Reform - Where Do the Problems Go When They're Assumed Away?
- Pt. II. The Costs of 100 National Monies
- 14. The Money Game and the Level Playing Field
- 15. Underground Economies and the Cost of Regulation
- 16. Tax Avoidance - A Game for the Rich
- 17. Banking on the Wire
- 18. Zeros, Swaps, and Options - The Revolution in Finance
- 19. The World Market for Stocks and Bonds
- 20. Why are Multinational Firms Mostly American?
- 21. Japan - The First Superstate?
- 22. China - The 800lb Gorilla
- 23. Zlotys, Rubles, and Leks
- 24. Transition Economies - Who Lost Russia?
- 25. Fitting the Pieces Once Again.
