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Book SynopsisBeginning with the spectacular rise and subsequent decline of the foreign exchange value of the US dollar in the 1980s, this book covers the debt crisis of developing countries in the 1980s. It also explores the shift from central planning to market economies in many countries in the 1990s.
Trade Review"Solomon ... does a credible job of explaining the rise of the U.S. dollar and its fall by the mid-1980's... Of particular note is the chronology of economic events since 1980."--Library Journal "Money on the Move is an excellent, erudite addition to the literature on modern financial history."--Bimal Prodhan, The Times Higher Education Supplement "Solomon's writing is both eminently accessible to the nontechnical reader and intellectually rigorous, making it fascinating reading for policymakers and economists as well. This volume ... offers perhaps the most readable overview of the international monetary system over the past two decades... Solomon brings international policy issues vividly to life without displaying any personal biases or sacrificing insights from economic theory."--Subir Lall, Finance and Development
Table of ContentsPreface and AcknowledgmentsList of Abbreviations and AcronymsCh. 1The Wide-Ranging Dollar, 1980-19903Ch. 2The Developing-Country Debt Crisis34Ch. 3Economic and Monetary Integration in Europe49Ch. 4Economies in Transition: International Effects97Ch. 5The 1990s: Capital Mobility and Its Effects108Ch. 6The Present and Future of the System138App. Chronology of Important Events169Notes177Index201
