Detailliert zeichnet Ahamed nach, wie Notenbanker Millionen von Menschen ins Verderben stürzen, wenn sie danebenliegen. Hier zeigt sich bereits eine Analogie zur heutigen Situation, denn die Fachwelt diskutiert, ob durch die weltweite Öffnung der Geldschleusen nicht bereits der Grundstein für...

I provide a structured comparison of the nineteenth-century classical gold standard and the Euro, basing my analysis heavily on recent research. Both similarities and differences are evident in the historical record. Both regimes were vaunted as engines of convergence, but in both cases...

Part 1: Purchasing Power Parity: Origin and Use -- Chapter 1: Salamancans and Gerard Malynes -- Chapter 2: Gustav Cassel -- Chapter 3: Purchasing Power Parity in Economic History -- Chapter 4: Afterword to Part I -- Part 2: Purchasing Power Parity: Empirical Studies -- Chapter 5: Absolute and...

Introduction : global market integration, financial crises and policy imperatives / Geoffrey R.D. Underhill and Xiaoke Zhang -- Reform of the international financial architecture : what has been written? / Jonathan Story -- Costs and benefits of financial globalisation : concepts, evidence and...