London and Paris, the world's two leading financial centres in the nineteenth century, experienced differing fortunes during the twentieth century. While London remained an international financial centre, Paris' influence declined. Yet over the last twenty years deregulation,...

[eng] Abstract This author analyzes the position taken by the Bank of France during discussions about reform of the international monetary system. These debates were marked by de Gaullian criticism of the imperialism of the dollar and a fairly acrimonious conflict between France and the United...