This book presents contributions by leading academics and practitioners from central banks to shed light on the function and impact of cash in Asian countries. It explores the impact of cash on society, the role of cash in monetary policy, and the future of cash in various monetary systems,...

This book collects expert opinions, research, and risk assessments from within the Chinese financial policy establishment on prospects for the internationalization of the renminbi as a reserve currency around the world. As China's economy diversifies in the acquisition of global assets, the...

Conceptual flaw, original sin, and misapplications of the Maastricht Treaty -- The Greek memoranda -- Institutional creativity -- The two sides of the coin : constitutional reviews of the crisis legislation -- The Schmittian and the Madisonian moments of the crisis and the fate of the...

The real thing: A tale of two product launches -- "A burning building with no exits': designing a euro inferno -- The French vice : gold, the euro and a peculiar taste for monetary discipline -- No end of a lesson : schools of thought collide in the Eurozone -- Ire and ice : two crises in a...