The formal arrangements for the governance of international monetary and financial crises have remained reasonably stable over the past 40 years, but the identity of the leading actors, has changed. Over this period, the role of the largest central banks – first and foremost, the US Federal...

Resilience is generally seen as a positive attribute that should be enhanced. When a system is dysfunctional and needs to change its structure and identity, however, resilience can be a negative. As this chapter illustrates, our system of global financial governance works to benefit the elites...