International Monetary Co-operation 1945-52 - Paperback / softback

Attempts to establish an international economic and financial order where a key feature of the settlement which followed the Second World War, as policy makers sought to establish a framework which would prevent an economic crisis on the scale of the great depression. This volume explores this period, focusing on monetary issues Part 1 provides a general analysis of the scope for international monetary co-operation dealing in particular with * The Provision of additional means of international settlemen * The arrangement of settlements on a multilateral basi * The orderly fixation of exchange rate * The correction of international disequilibri * The provision of safeguards against the international transmission of business depressions Part 2 deals with the actual machinery of international co-operation since the war and in particular with * The International Monetary Fun * The European Payments Unio * The role of sterlin
Part 3 surveys the actual course of events since 1945, illustrating the problems that have called for treatment by international co-operation, the extent to which such treatment has been attempted, and with what success.