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OverviewNo area has become more global in its operations, more volatile, and thus more difficult to monitor and control than international banking. In this book, the international banker and political economist Ethan Kapstein explores the actions that governments have taken to cope with the economic and political consequences associated with the globalization of international finance. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Ethan B. KapsteinPublisher: Harvard University Press Imprint: Harvard University Press Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.340kg ISBN: 9780674357587ISBN 10: 0674357582 Pages: 216 Publication Date: 01 September 1996 Audience: Adult education , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Further / Higher Education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsA very readable account of efforts to regulate an increasingly liberalized world capital market since the mid-1970s breakdown of the 'Bretton Woods' system of international monetary arrangements.--Stephanie Flanders Financial Times Kapstein's main point is that the world economy does not 'operate somewhere offshore.' It functions within the political framework provided by nation-states. Which should mean that their citizens have not lost all influence over it. -- Reginald Dale International Herald Tribune Author InformationEthan B. Kapstein is Codirector of the Empirical Studies of Conflict Project at Princeton University and Arizona Centennial Professor of International Affairs at Arizona State University. He has also served as a Principal Administrator at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and as a US government economist. A former banker and retired naval officer, Kapstein has published widely on the international political economy and advised multinational corporations and development agencies. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |