Monetary Orders : : Ambiguous Economics, Ubiquitous Politics / / ed. by Jonathan Kirshner.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Abdelal, Rawi,; Blyth, Mark,; Chang, Michele,; Gavin, Francis,; Grabel, Ilene,; Grimes, William W.,; Helleiner, Eric,; Kirshner, Jonathan,; Schamis, Hector E.,; Stasavage, David,; Wang, Hongying,
• HerausgeberIn: Kirshner, Jonathan,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018]; ©2003
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Cornell Studies in Political Economy
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (336 p.) :; 10 graphs, 13 tables

Wherever there is money, there is money politics-a subject demanding ever greater attention at a time when monetary policies lead and the real economy follows. A principal defining characteristic of the contemporary global economy, Jonathan Kirshner contends, is the rise and preeminence of monetary phenomena-international financial crises, Central Bank Independence and inflation fighting, the creation of the euro, and monetary reform in emerging economies, to name only a few. Moreover, unlike most debates in political economy (such as those regarding trade policy), which are generally recognized as political, monetary phenomena and macroeconomic policies are typically represented as expressly apolitical. In Monetary Orders, a distinguished group of scholars explores the inescapable political origins of choices about money. The essays in Monetary Orders each address a specific issue or puzzle relating to money and its management. Their authors focus on markedly disparate cases but share a common observation: for most policy choices about money, market forces and economic logic can rule out certain options, but are indeterminate in explaining why one policy rather than another will be chosen. Ultimately, political factors are essential to explain fundamental and consequential choices about money.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- PART 1: MONEY RULES: FOLLOW THE POLITICS -- 1. The Inescapable Politics of Money -- 2. Ideology, Power, and the Rise oflndependent Monetary Institutions in Emerging Economies -- PART 2: SMALL STATES IN WORLD MARKETS -- 3. The Southern Side of Embedded Liberalism The Politics of Postwar Monetary Policy in the Third World -- 4. When Do States Abandon Monetary Discretion? Lessons from the Evolution of the CFA Franc Zone -- 5. National Strategy and National Money Politics and the End of the Ruble Zone, 1991-94 -- 6. The Political Economy of Currency Boards Argentina in Historical and Comparative Perspective -- PART 3: GREAT POWERS AND MONEY POLITICS -- 7. China's Exchange Rate Policy in the Mtermath of the Asian Financial Crisis -- 8. Internationalization of the Yen and the New Politics of Monetary Insulation -- 9. Ideas, Power, and the Politics of U.S. International Monetary Policy during the 1g6os -- 10. Franco-German Interests in European Monetary Integration The Search for Autonomy and Acceptance -- PART 4: THE POLITICS OF UNGOVERNED CAPITAL -- 11. The Political Power of Financial Ideas Transparency, Risk, and Distribution in Global Finance -- 12. Explaining Choices about Money Disentangling Power, Ideas, and Conflict -- References -- Index