![]() |
A Term at the Fed: An Insider's View
ISBN: 9780060542719 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As a governor of the Federal Reserve Board from 1996 to 2002, Laurence H. Meyer helped make the economic policies that steered the United States through some of the wildest and most tumultuous times in its recent history. Now, in A Term at the Fed, Governor Meyer provides an insider's view of the Fed, the decisions that affected both the U.S. and world economies, and the challenges inherent in using monetary policy to guide the economy. When Governor Meyer was appointed by President Clinton to serve on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors in 1996, the United States was... As a governor of the Federal Reserve Board from 1996 to 2002, Laurence H. Meyer helped make the economic policies that steered the United States th... |
cena:
76,00 zł |
![]() |
Money Mischief: Episodes in Monetary History
ISBN: 9780156619301 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A Nobel Prize Laureate in Economics makes clear once and for all that no one is immune to the effects of monetary economics--both its theory and practices. He demonstrates through historical episodes the mischief that can result from misunderstanding the monetary system.
A Nobel Prize Laureate in Economics makes clear once and for all that no one is immune to the effects of monetary economics--both its theory and pract...
|
cena:
76,00 zł |
![]() |
The Bank of Israel: Volume 2: Selected Topics in Israel's Monetary Policy
ISBN: 9780195300734 / Angielski / Twarda / 214 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Volume II provides an in-depth analysis of important specific issues, detailed discussion of the independence of the Bank of Israel, and an econometric study of the central banks policies. This volume also includes a historical account of the liberalization of Israel's foreign-exchange market and various issues related to the banking system, such as concentration, competition, and especially banking supervision. In one of the articles in this volume, based on a series of interviews, the top officials of the Bank of Israel present their view on the Banks policies in the various periods.
Volume II provides an in-depth analysis of important specific issues, detailed discussion of the independence of the Bank of Israel, and an econometri...
|
cena:
416,44 zł |
![]() |
A Critique of Monetary Policy: Theory and British Experience
ISBN: 9780198283195 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Challenging accepted wisdom of monetary theory, this study of the theory of monetary policy in England analyzes the behavior of the banking system and the difficulties of central bank control, and argues that money creation is an endogenous process, determined partly by the price level.
Challenging accepted wisdom of monetary theory, this study of the theory of monetary policy in England analyzes the behavior of the banking system and...
|
cena:
255,52 zł |
![]() |
A Market Theory of Money
ISBN: 9780198287247 / Angielski / Twarda / 158 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this book Nobel Laureate Sir John Hicks draws together the common threads of over fifty years of writing on monetary economics into a succinct statement of the fundamentals of monetary theory. Confronting the failure of both standard classical and neoclassical theory to fill the gap between monetary and non-monetary economics, he posits an idea of competitive markets that can be linked to the monetary sector, and explains the way in which economic theory has been adjusted to reflect developments in the real economy.
In this book Nobel Laureate Sir John Hicks draws together the common threads of over fifty years of writing on monetary economics into a succinct stat...
|
cena:
1041,10 zł |
![]() |
European Capital Market with a Single Currency
ISBN: 9780198295396 / Angielski / Twarda / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. One of the greatest events in financial history will occur in 1999: the birth of the euro and the emergence of a unified European capital market. This is the first academic text to consider the medium term impact of a single currency on these markets. Drawn from various countries and fields of research, the contributors analyze the structural effects of the introduction of the euro on European capital markets.
One of the greatest events in financial history will occur in 1999: the birth of the euro and the emergence of a unified European capital market. This...
|
cena:
458,08 zł |
![]() |
The Road to Monetary Union in Europe: The Emperor, the Kings, and the Genies
ISBN: 9780199241767 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is an indispensable guide to the processes that led to the creation of the European single market and the signing of the Maastricht Treaty. The new edition has been expanded to assess the economic, monetary, political, and institutional significance of the euro. It also reconsiders the rationale and underlying philosophy of EMU in the light of the developments of the past decade.
This is an indispensable guide to the processes that led to the creation of the European single market and the signing of the Maastricht Treaty. The n...
|
cena:
624,66 zł |
![]() |
The Glitter of Gold: France, Bimetallism, and the Emergence of the International Gold Standard, 1848-1873
ISBN: 9780199257867 / Angielski / Twarda / 343 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Relying on new statistical and archival material, this book tells the story of the operation of the international monetary system of the mid-nineteenth century. It seeks to explain how this system was able to weather the impact of the California and Australia gold discoveries.
Relying on new statistical and archival material, this book tells the story of the operation of the international monetary system of the mid-nineteent...
|
cena:
1368,29 zł |
![]() |
Macroeconomics and Monetary Theory
ISBN: 9780202308654 / Angielski / Miękka / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Macroeconomics is an outgrowth from the mainstream of classical monetary theory following Keynes. Keynes changed the emphasis from the determination of the level of money prices to the determination of the level of output and employment. He also changed the key relationship from demand and supply of money as determining the price level, to the relationship between consumption expenditure and income, in conjunction with private investment expenditure, as determining the level of output and therefore employment demanded. The income multiplier replaced the velocity of circulation as the key...
Macroeconomics is an outgrowth from the mainstream of classical monetary theory following Keynes. Keynes changed the emphasis from the determination o...
|
cena:
236,06 zł |
![]() |
Monetary Policy in the United States: An Intellectual and Institutional History
ISBN: 9780226803845 / Angielski / Miękka / 528 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this extensive history of U.S. monetary policy, Richard H. Timberlake chronicles the intellectual, political, and economic developments that prompted the use of central banking institutions to regulate the monetary systems.
After describing the constitutional principles that the Founding Fathers laid down to prevent state and federal governments from printing money. Timberlake shows how the First and Second Banks of the United States gradually assumed the central banking powers that were originally denied them. Drawing on congressional debates, government documents, and other primary... In this extensive history of U.S. monetary policy, Richard H. Timberlake chronicles the intellectual, political, and economic developments that prompt...
|
cena:
213,74 zł |
![]() |
Year of the Euro: The Cultural, Social, and Political Import of Europe's Common Currency
ISBN: 9780268028817 / Angielski / Miękka / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Examines the wide-ranging importance of Europe's new single currency beyond its impact on financial markets and the economy itself.
Examines the wide-ranging importance of Europe's new single currency beyond its impact on financial markets and the economy itself.
|
cena:
139,13 zł |
![]() |
Rethinking Our Centralized Monetary System: The Case for a System of Local Currencies
ISBN: 9780275953768 / Angielski / Twarda / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As we approach the 21st century, we must rethink our centralized monetary system as part of a larger reexamination of existing political economy, according to Solomon. In questioning the passive acceptance of a federal monopoly in producing money, the author challenges prevailing notions of progress and economic life. Advancing the idea of local currencies to promote a political economy based on empowerment, self-reliance, and ecological permanence, the book discusses three viable systems, all of which are possible under federal and state laws: barter, customer discounts, and local scrip... As we approach the 21st century, we must rethink our centralized monetary system as part of a larger reexamination of existing political economy, a... |
cena:
632,64 zł |
![]() |
Political Economy of Money: Emerging Fiat Monetary Regime
ISBN: 9780275965723 / Angielski / Twarda / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Since 1971, when the Bretton Woods gold exchange standard ended, the world has been on a fiat monetary regime, with various fiat currencies managed according to the discretion of the issuing country. Inherent in this regime is a basic problem--the ease with which the system lends itself to political manipulation. This study examines the emerging fiat regime in a world of nation states determined to preserve their sovereignty from erosion by the global economy and places this process in its economic, historical, and political perspective.
Since 1971, when the Bretton Woods gold exchange standard ended, the world has been on a fiat monetary regime, with various fiat currencies managed... |
cena:
500,19 zł |
![]() |
Cooking the Books: Mythologies of Money
ISBN: 9780275970475 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Anna Kassulke provides a penetrating scrutiny of the most globally important concept of our time: money. Dr. Kassulke has gathered together a rich selection of money stories and characters, and shows how they function in terms of both our social relations as well as our psychological and cognitive makeup. Money was invented when human beings minted coins. Then we printed paper money, and now we have e-cash. Or so the fiction of money's origins would have it. Dr. Kassulke unveils the purely mythological status money has in contemporary Western societies. She presents a wide range of... Anna Kassulke provides a penetrating scrutiny of the most globally important concept of our time: money. Dr. Kassulke has gathered together a rich ... |
cena:
632,64 zł |
![]() |
Money and Monetary Regimes: Struggle for Monetary Supremacy
ISBN: 9780275972189 / Angielski / Twarda / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Combining a rich mixture of technical economics, political repercussions, and even the psychology of symbols and beliefs, monetary problems are both fascinating and perplexing. Given the unprecedented fiat monetary regime currently emerging, past and present struggles for monetary supremacy provide valuable lessons. This book provides insight into monetary and political problems as they appear in past and ongoing struggles for monetary supremacy in the United States and elsewhere. In effect, the issue is control over the stock of money. After examining such subjects as the failure of a... Combining a rich mixture of technical economics, political repercussions, and even the psychology of symbols and beliefs, monetary problems are bot... |
cena:
632,64 zł |
![]() |
Goodbye, Great Britain: The 1976 IMF Crisis
ISBN: 9780300057287 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this authoritative and gripping book--the first full account of the 1976 International Monetary Fund crisis--Kathleen Burk and Alec Cairncross peel back the surface of the most searing economic crisis of postwar Britain to reveal its historical roots and contemporary context. During the spring of 1976, the plummeting value of the British pound against the U.S. dollar triggered a traumatic economic and political crisis. International confidence in the pound collapsed; an article in the Wall Street Journal, headlined "Good-bye, Great Britain," urged investors to get out of sterling....
In this authoritative and gripping book--the first full account of the 1976 International Monetary Fund crisis--Kathleen Burk and Alec Cairncross peel...
|
cena:
463,44 zł |
![]() |
Playing Monopoly with the Devil: Dollarization and Domestic Currencies in Developing Countries
ISBN: 9780300113303 / Angielski / Twarda / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Why should a developing country surrender its power to create money by adopting an international currency as its own? This comprehensive book explores the currency problems that developing countries face and offers sound, practical advice for policy makers on how to deal with them. Manuel Hinds, who has extensive experience in real-world economic policy making, challenges the myths that surround domestic currencies and shows the clear rationality for dollarization or the use of a standard international currency.
The book opens with an entertaining story of the Devil, who, through a series... Why should a developing country surrender its power to create money by adopting an international currency as its own? This comprehensive book explores...
|
cena:
223,68 zł |
![]() |
Charting Twentieth-Century Monetary Policy: Herbert Hoover and Benjamin Strong, 1917-1927
ISBN: 9780313309786 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Herbert Hoover, as Secretary of Commerce, and Benjamin Strong, as Governor of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, played a critical role in the formulation of American monetary policy during the 1920s. Yet little attention has been given to the relationship between them--at first cooperative, then increasingly one of conflict and factionalism--or to the impact of that relationship on policy formulation. This book sheds new light on their roles in policy making and relates those roles to larger conflicts over where policy should be made, how the Federal Reserve System should be... Herbert Hoover, as Secretary of Commerce, and Benjamin Strong, as Governor of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, played a critical role in the f... |
cena:
632,64 zł |
![]() |
Money
ISBN: 9780313338526 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Money makes the world go around. From the earliest bartering systems to today's sophisticated electronic transfers of billions of dollars in a split second, systems of exchange have conferred value upon goods and services and created the economic glue that binds individuals, businesses, communities, and nations together. In this volume, the authors present a colorful history of money in its economic, political, socio-cultural, and even pscyhological context. The first section focuses on banks and financial institutions. The second part covers the role of currency in national sovereignty;... Money makes the world go around. From the earliest bartering systems to today's sophisticated electronic transfers of billions of dollars in a spli... |
cena:
446,65 zł |
![]() |
The Dollar
ISBN: 9780393001914 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book provides a vigorous examination of the dollar as an institution reflecting in its tumultuous history the character and achievements of America. It brings the history of the dollar up to date with an analysis of the most recent developments in the position of the dollar in international affairs.
This book provides a vigorous examination of the dollar as an institution reflecting in its tumultuous history the character and achievements of Ameri...
|
cena:
89,24 zł |