The United States and the Global Economy
From Bretton Woods to the Current Crisis- Authors:
- Publisher:
- 2011
Summary
Financial collapse. Global recession. The revival of free-market policies. Massive and increasing inequalities. Housing bubbles and record foreclosures. Severe strain in the European Union. Emergence of China and other major players on the international economic scene. Every day, media outlets bombard us with news and possible explanations for the financial, economic, and political crises. In The United States and the Global Economy, Frederick S. Weaver gives readers a concise introduction to the patterns of change in international financial and trade regimes since World War II in order to clarify recent global economic turmoil. Weaver has compiled a clear chronology of major events in the international economy to show how they have reflected and shaped changes in the domestic economy of the United States. Although U.S. dominance over the world economy is not as complete as it once was, the U.S. domestic economic processes continue to have profound effects on global economic affairs.
The United States and the Global Economy is serious but not grim, and it familiarizes readers with the vocabulary of key elements of international economic analysis and their relationships, such as balances of trade and balances of payments; foreign direct investment and foreign portfolio investment; and the meaning of most-favored-nation agreements. The United States and the Global Economy is a concise, informative book that is of interest to anyone seeking to understand the current international economic and political disarray.
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Bibliographic data
- Copyright year
- 2011
- ISBN-Print
- 978-1-4422-0889-6
- ISBN-Online
- 978-1-4422-0890-2
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 176
- Product type
- Book Titles
Table of contents
- Contents No access
- Acknowledgments No access
- Introduction No access Pages 1 - 4
- Chapter 01: The Twentieth-Century Quest for a Stable International Economy No access Pages 5 - 28
- Chapter 02: The U.S. Domestic Economy and the International Scene, 1945 to 1970s No access Pages 29 - 50
- Chapter 03: U.S. Political Shifts and beyond Bretton Woods, 1970s to 1980s No access Pages 51 - 70
- Chapter 04: The New International Economy and the Dissolution of U.S. Modern Times, 1970s to 1990s No access Pages 71 - 92
- Chapter 05: The Triumph of Free-Market Global Capitalism, 1990s to 2007 No access Pages 93 - 116
- Chapter 06: The Twenty-First-Century Quest for a Stable International Economy No access Pages 117 - 150
- Notes No access Pages 151 - 154
- Selected Readings and Websites No access Pages 155 - 162
- Index No access Pages 163 - 174
- About the Author No access Pages 175 - 176





