Robert Triffin (1911-1993) played an important role in the international monetary debates in the postwar period. He was known as one of the main advocates of a multipolar international monetary system. In this paper we analyse the origins of Triffin's "regional" approach towards international...

Robert Triffin became famous with his trenchant analyses of the vulnerabilities of the Bretton Woods system. These are still at the center of many discussions today. This paper argues that there is a remarkable continuity in Triffin's work. From his earliest writings, Triffin developed a vision...

I should note at the outset that many defects exist in the statistical estimates that are used in the field under discussion. The estimates most often cited come fr9m the OECD,which purport to show, for December 1977, a discrepancy of more than $88 billion over the years 1974-1977 ($22 billion a...

[fre] L'auteur note et documente en cinq tableaux extrêmement synthétiques :. 1) les énormes déficits en compte courant encore accumulés par les pays développés quatre ans après l'explosion du prix du pétrole ;. 2) l'investissement dans les pays riches de près de 94 % de l'explosion...