The global financial crisis that erupted in summer 2007 has made the reform of international prudential financial regulation one of the top priorities of global public policy. Past scholarship has usefully explained the creation and strengthening of international financial standards with...

Contents -- Preface -- Contributors -- List of Abbreviations -- The Politics of China's International Monetary Relations -- 1. The China Question: Can Its Rise Be Accommodated? -- 2. The Hidden History of China and the IMF -- 3. Why Has China Accumulated Such Large Foreign Reserves? -- 4. Global...

Many believe that Canada's deepening economic integration with the United States and the worldwide trend towards currency blocs will eventually lead to a North American monetary union. In the first detailed analysis of Canadian exchange rate politics, Eric Helleiner challenges this view.

Forgotten Foundations of Bretton Woods -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- International Development and the North-South Dialogue of Bretton Woods -- 1. Good Neighbors Prepare the Ground -- 2. The First Draft: The Inter-American Bank -- 3. A New Approach to Money Doctoring: Cuba...