- Hardcover: 276 pages
- Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (3 Jun 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0470821027
- ISBN-13: 978-0470821022
- Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 15.5 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,077,067 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"...a provocative new book..." (Grant′s, 15 August 2003)
"...we strongly recommend...the man seems to have hit the nail right on the noggin..." (The Daily Reckoning)
"...is impeccably researched...provides a useful resume of how the dollar came to be the dominant force in world currency markets..." (www.iii.co.uk (AMPLE), 6 January 2004)
Grant's, 15 August 2003
"...a provocative new book..."
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When the Bretton Woods international monetary system broke down in 1973, the world's financial officials were unable to agree on a new set of rules to regulate international trade and monetary relations. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
When the Bretton Woods international monetary system broke down in 1973, the world's financial officials were unable to agree on a new set of rules to regulate international trade and monetary relations. Read the first page
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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Every day we are barraged by so much raw data on GDP, borrowing, exchange rates and trade deficits etc. The 'facts' we see on business news TV and in learned economic journals are plentiful. Sadly, long lists of facts aren't particularly useful if, like most people, you don't know how to analyse them usefully. This book makes sense of the economic forces that underpin the dollar and the US stock market, putting today's precarious situation into historical perspective and explaining why the dollar must fall. Lucid explanations abound along with plenty of charts and recaps of all the important points exactly when you were about to let something slip from the front of your mind. Brilliant on the qualitative arguments but even more impressive on the quantitative stuff. This is a far more serious work than most of its competition like "Financial Reckoning Day" which I read on the same day. If you're into having your thoughts and opinions backed up with meaningful fact based analysis then this is the book for you.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Subsequent events have proven this book to be somewhat prophetic. Richard Duncan offers a very good, although somewhat dry, exposition of the international financial structures that emerged in the wake of the failure of the Bretton Woods system. The author is reasonably evenhanded in his assessment of these structures, noting that they made extremely rapid development possible, but at the great risk of economic crisis. In the wake of the subprime mortgage setbacks of 2007 and 2008, few well-informed people would argue with the author's indictment of excessive credit expansion. Still, many might argue with his conclusions, especially with his support of a global central bank and a global minimum wage. For those seeking a clear, informed exposition of the systemic vulnerabilities that culminated in the global credit crisis of 2008, getAbstract suggests this book as an excellent starting point.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The main theme of this book is the damage done to world economies by excess liquidity.
The author expressess this concept from a number of angles leaving the reader in no
doubt about what he is trying say about his subject.
Whilst his style is repetitive it is welcome, since, offering a single
thread about a complex subject is often not enough to drive home the idea.
Richard Duncan has therefore written a book which will be of great value to
students of monetary policy for its lucid explanations.
A very well written book which is easy to read and which
imparts easy to understand concepts about a very complex subject.
The author expressess this concept from a number of angles leaving the reader in no
doubt about what he is trying say about his subject.
Whilst his style is repetitive it is welcome, since, offering a single
thread about a complex subject is often not enough to drive home the idea.
Richard Duncan has therefore written a book which will be of great value to
students of monetary policy for its lucid explanations.
A very well written book which is easy to read and which
imparts easy to understand concepts about a very complex subject.
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