The financial history of the Bank for International Settlements

1. The founding of the Bank for International Settlements : a "commercial bank," or a "bank for central banks"? -- 2. The Bank for International Settlements and central banks during the 1930s : another anti-depression measure -- 3. On the eve of Bretton Woods : the BIS during World War II -- 4. The road to a gold-dollar standard : the BIS in the postwar reconstruction period -- 5. Neoliberalism as an alternative : international currency issues and the Bank for International Settlements in the 1950s and 1960s -- 6. Conclusions.