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Dam, former deputy secretary of the Treasury and adviser to three presidents\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Death of Money\u003c\/i\u003e contains very big, provocative ideas clearly explained and delivered...Rickards's insight enables him to connect the dots in a way that few others can -- John Hathaway, portfolio manager, Tocqueville Gold Fund\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Death of Money\u003c\/i\u003e is an important new book for those who worry about the future of our country -- R. Christopher Whalen, noted bank analyst; author of Inflated\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Death of Money\u003c\/i\u003e is an engrossing account of the massive stresses accumulating in the global financial system. Any serious student of financial crises and their root causes needs to read this book -- John H. 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It points out the unsustainability of the dollar standard in the long run, that China has unique incentives to internationalize its currency, and how Hong Kong plays an important role. It explains the real reasons for China to internationalize its currency, including using external commitments to force financial sector reforms (''daobi'' in Chinese). It applies economic theories accessible to laymen to establish that financial development and openness are crucial for RMB internationalization to succeed, and that greater exchange rate volatility is inevitable due to the ''open-economy trilemma''. Employing the ''gravity model'', the book predicts quantitatively that the RMB is likely to be a distant third payment currency after the USD and the euro, but surpassing the Japanese yen in the next decade.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Is the renminbi poised to overtake the US dollar as the leading international and reserve currency? The answer, as with many things economic is: it's complicated. Here Edwin L. -C. Lai sifts through the complexities and provides a balanced view of the prospects. This is far and away the most comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of renminbi internationalization. Highly recommended.' Barry Eichengreen, George C. Pardee and Helen N. Pardee, Professor of Economics and Political Science, University of California, Berkeley\u003cbr\u003e'There is something in this book for both optimists and pessimists of renminbi internationalization. Given the high rates of growth of Chinese real GDP and international trade, continuing renminbi internationalization appears inevitable, certainly as a medium of exchange, and potentially as a store of value, but perhaps not as a 'safe haven' currency.' Lawrence J. 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\u003cp\u003eMarketmaking.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSummary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCHAPTER 3: Interest Rates.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat Are “Interest Rates”?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInflation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDay Count or Day Basis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCompounding.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiscounting.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTypes of Interest Rates.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterest Rates in the Real World.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCHAPTER 4: Brief History of Foreign Exchange.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHistorical Background.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe FX Markets Today.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Regulatory Environment and Central Bank Intervention.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSummary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCHAPTER 5: The Foreign Exchange Spot Market.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Spot Market.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpot FX Quoting Conventions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEconomic Interpretation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePurchasing Power Parity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCross Rates and Triangular Arbitrage in the Spot Market.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Bid–Ask Spread in Foreign Exchange.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTiming.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSettlement.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMarket Jargon.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The Best Arbitrage Around!”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCHAPTER 6: Foreign Exchange Forwards.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to Forwards and Forward Pricing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForeign Exchange Forwards and Forward Pricing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterest Rate Parity (Covered Interest Arbitrage).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFX Spot–Forward Arbitrage.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFX Forward Price Quotes and Forward Points.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTiming.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOff-Market 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Recommended reading to get a different view of the Bretton Woods institutions.'\u003c\/p\u003e -- Andrés Solimano, founder, International Center for Globalization and Development\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Eric Toussaint's book could not be more opportune as the world enters a dangerous period of potential geopolitical conflict. Toussaint exposes, with chapter and verse, the role of the World Bank (and other 'Bretton Woods institutions) as tools for the financial control of the world - in particular, the exploitation of the Global South through the manipulation of debt.  The World Bank is found not to be a great institution to reduce global poverty, but on the contrary, to perpetuate it.'\u003c\/p\u003e -- Michael Roberts, Economist and co-author of 'Capitalism in the 21st Century'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Éric Toussaint's detailed and powerful indictment of the World Bank emerges at a vital time. It should be read by all who want to challenge domination and exploitation and contribute to the struggle for global justice.'\u003c\/p\u003e -- 'Counterfire'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword\u003cbr\u003e Terminology: South\/North – Developing\/Developed. Just What Are We Talking About?\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1 – The Origins of the Bretton Woods Institutions\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2 – The First Years of the World Bank (1946-1962)\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3 – Difficult Beginnings Between the Un and the World Bank\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4 –The Post-world War II Context – the Marshall Plan and the London Agreement on\u003cbr\u003e Germany’s Debt\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5 – A Bank Under Influence\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6 –World Bank and IMF Support for Dictatorships\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7 – The World Bank and the Philippines (1946–1990)\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 8 – The World Bank’s Support for the Dictatorship in Turkey\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 9 – The Bank in Indonesia: a Textbook Case of Intervention\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 10 – The World Bank’s Theoretical Falsehoods Regarding Development\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 11 – South Korea: the “miracle” Unmasked\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 12 – The Debt Trap\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 13 – The World Bank Saw the Debt Crisis Looming\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 14 – The Mexican Debt Crisis and the World Bank\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 15 – The World Bank and the IMF: the Creditors’ Enforcers\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 16 – Presidents Barber Conable and Lewis Preston (1986-1995)\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 17 – Rwanda: the Genocide’s Financiers\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 18 – James Wolfensohn Switches on the Charm (1995-2005)\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 19 – Debates in Washington at the Start of the Twenty-first Century\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 20 – Structural Adjustment and the Washington Consensus Were Not Abandoned in 2000\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 21 – Climate and the Environmental Crisis: Sorcerer’s Apprentices at the World Bank and the IMF\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 22 – Paul Wolfowitz (2005–2007): an Architect of the Invasion of Iraq at the Head of the World Bank\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 23 – Ecuador: Progress and the Limits of Resistance to the Policies of the World Bank, the IMF and Other Creditors\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 24 – The US President’s Men Keep Control of the World Bank\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 25 – The IMF and the World Bank in the Time of Coronavirus: the Failed Campaign for a New Image\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 26 – The World Bank Did Not Foresee the Arab Spring Popular Uprisings and Still Promotes the Very Same Policies That Triggered Them\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 27 – The “Gender Equity” Farce: a Feminist Reading of World Bank Policies\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 28 – The World Bank and Human Rights\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 29 – Time to Put an End to World Bank Impunity\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 30 – The Case for Abolishing and Replacing the IMF and the World Bank \u003cbr\u003e Annexes\u003cbr\u003e Annex 1: The World Bank: an ABC\u003cbr\u003e Annex 2: The International Monetary Fund (IMF): an ABC Glossary\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography of Works Cited\u003cbr\u003e Works by Eric Toussaint Published in English\u003cbr\u003e Table of Tables\u003cbr\u003e Table of Graphs\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pluto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48865702084951,"sku":"9780745348285","price":61.52,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780745348285.jpg?v=1722275175"},{"product_id":"german-europe-9780745665405","title":"German Europe","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe euro crisis is tearing Europe apart. But the heart of the matter is that, as the crisis unfolds, the basic rules of European democracy are being subverted or turned into their opposite, bypassing parliaments, governments and EU institutions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A compelling analysis of Germany.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A blistering indictment of Germany's modern-day economic domination, by one of Germany's most distinguished intellectuals.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A brilliant and succinct analysis of the political genius of Angela Merkel.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eCharles Moore, \u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A short but punchy book by the distinguished German sociologist.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eProspect\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A welcome tonic to reactionary discourses on the ills of Brussels.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Democracy won't be real in Europe until that kind of law has to be proposed, debated, and voted on by all concerned. Beck has moved us a small step closer to this highly desirable consummation, and to a unified political will in Europe, by getting his readers accustomed to thinking of a 'European Germany' rather than a 'German Europe'.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Diagnoses Europe's troubles with a realism and clarity that suggests a long and arduous road ahead.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A thought-provoking essay on the European economic crisis, recommended to all interested in this topic.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eJournal of Global Faultlines\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A brilliant analysis of Europe's shifting landscape of power.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eJoschka Fischer, Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor of Germany, 1998-2005\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"An immensely incisive and encouraging book. Not only does it present an eye-opening outlook on Europe's crisis, it also offers a credible solution.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eDaniel Cohn-Bendit, MEP and co-president of the Greens\/Free European Alliance Group in the European Parliament\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Ulrich Beck's \u003ci\u003eGerman Europe\u003c\/i\u003e is one of those rare and brilliant political tracts that offers us a new language with which to understand the present crisis so that we can shape the future.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eMary Kaldor, Professor of Global Governance, LSE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Introduction. Europe: To Be or Not to Be: The decision facing Germany.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e I How the euro crisis is both tearing Europe apart and uniting it\u003cbr\u003e 1. How German austerity policies are dividing Europe - the governments are for it, the peoples are\u003cbr\u003e against\u003cbr\u003e 2. The achievements of the European Union\u003cbr\u003e 3. The blindness of economics\u003cbr\u003e 4. European domestic politics: the national concept\u003cbr\u003e of politics is outmoded\u003cbr\u003e 5. The EU crisis is not a debt crisis\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e II Europe’s new power coordinates: the path to a German Europe\u003cbr\u003e 1. Europe under threat and the crisis of politics\u003cbr\u003e 2. The new landscape of European power\u003cbr\u003e 3. ‘Merkiavelli’: hesitation as a means of coercion\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e III A social contract for Europe\u003cbr\u003e 1. More freedom through more Europe\u003cbr\u003e 2. More social security through more Europe\u003cbr\u003e 3. More democracy through more Europe\u003cbr\u003e 4. The question of power: who will enforce the social contract?\u003cbr\u003e 5. A European spring?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Notes","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48865706869079,"sku":"9780745665405","price":11.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780745665405.jpg?v=1722275199"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/collections\/monetary-economics.oembed?page=8","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}