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Index
Cover
Half-Title
Title
Copyright
Contents
List of Figure, Tables, and Boxes
Preface and Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations and Acronyms
Introduction
1 A System Is How the Pieces Fit
2 The Name of the Game Is Money – But the Disputes Are about Where the Jobs Are
Part I International Monetary Arrangements, Money, and Politics
3 Gold – How Much Is a ‘Barbarous Relic’ Worth?
4 The Gnomes of Zurich Play in the Largest Market in the World
5 The Greatest Monetary Agreement in History
6 Radio Luxembourg and the Eurodollar Market Are Both Offshore Stations
7 The Dollar and Coca-Cola Are Both Brand Names
8 They Invented Money So They Could Have Inflation
9 Global Imbalances and the Persistent US Trade Deficit
10 Five Asset Price Bubbles in 30 Years – A New World Record
11 A New World Record – Four Financial Crises in 25 Years
12 Central Bankers Read Election Returns, Not Balance Sheets
13 Monetary Reform – Where Do the Problems Go When Assumed To Have Been Solved?
Part II The Cost of 100 National Monies
14 Globalization 1.0 – The Silk Road to Asia and the Salt Caravans across the Sahara
15 Taxation, Regulation, and the Level Playing Field
16 Banking on the Wire
17 The Reverend Thomas Malthus, the OPEC Cartel, and the Price of Energy from 1800 to 2100
18 The World Market for Bonds and Stocks
19 MBSs, ABSs, CMOs, CDOs, Zeros, Swaps, Options, and Credit Default Swaps – The Revolution in Finance
20 Why Are Multinational Firms Mostly American?
21 Japan – The First Superstate
22 China – The 800-Pound Gorilla
23 From Marxist Command Economies to Market Capitalism
24 Fitting the Pieces Together Once Again
Index
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