The Money Doctor In The Andes

Author : Paul W. Drake
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0822308800

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The Money Doctor in the Andes by Paul W. Drake Pdf

The Money Doctor in the Andes is an account of the technical assistance missions to five Andean republics--Colombia, Ecuador, Chile, Bolivia, and Peru--undertaken by Princeton University economist Edwin Walter Kemmerer during the 1920s. Drake demonstrates that in each case the Kemmerer mission recommended an identical series of monetary, fiscal, and banking reforms, adding occasional recommendations on everything from administrative reorganization to penal code reform as local circumstances seemed to warrant. In each case, too, local legislatures adopted all the main Kemmerer proposals virtually without debate or modifications. Drake links the Kemmerer missions to vital developments in the political economic history of the Andean republics in the interwar period. He analyzes the domestic interest groups and political forces whose convergent strategies gave the Kemmerer missions their remarkable record in achieving local success for the reforms proposed. Second, Drake situates the Kemmerer missions at the center of a process of political modernization that created new institutions and policy agencies in each of the five countries; the missions thereby contributed to the expansion of the central government as an agent of development in ways that later differed sharply from Kemmerer's orthodox policies. Finally, The Money Doctor in the Andes regards developments in the Andean countries in the context of the region's developing economic ties to the United States. Expectations that Kemmerer's plans would simultaneously attract foreign capital and control inflation drew support from sectors as diverse as trade unions and landowners. When the Depression deepened, Kemmerer's policies proved counterproductive and the fragile consensus that had installed them fell apart, but the political and administrative reforms endured--with far-reaching consequences.

Author : Marc Flandreau
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2005-07-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134356553

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Money Doctors by Marc Flandreau Pdf

This text brings together specialists from economics, history and political science including Harold James and Kenneth Moure. First providing a history of money doctors, the book then covers themes such as the IMF and policy advice, the Russian experience and contemporary money doctors.

Author : Andrés Álvarez
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2024-07-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789819701346

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Money Doctors Around the Globe by Andrés Álvarez Pdf

Author : Louis-Philippe Rochon,Sergio Rossi
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 541 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2015-02-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781782547440

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The Encyclopedia of Central Banking by Louis-Philippe Rochon,Sergio Rossi Pdf

The Encyclopedia of Central Banking, co-edited by Louis-Philippe Rochon and Sergio Rossi, contains some 250 entries written by over 200 economists on topics related to monetary macroeconomics, central bank theory and policy, and the history of monetary

Author : Paul W. Drake
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015032437710

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Money Doctors, Foreign Debts, and Economic Reforms in Latin America from the 1890s to the Present by Paul W. Drake Pdf

"Superb collection of readings and documents, with enlightening introduction, about foreign economic advisers' influence on Latin American governments and private sectors. Four parts address 'proconsul' period of US domination of the Caribbean (1898-1930), privatization and Kemmerer missions to Latin America (1917-31), IMF stabilization programs, and 'Import Substitution and the New Academics.'"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57. http://www.loc.gov/hlas

Author : W. Elliot Brownlee,Eisaku Ide,Yasunori Fukagai
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2013-07-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781107355484

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The Political Economy of Transnational Tax Reform by W. Elliot Brownlee,Eisaku Ide,Yasunori Fukagai Pdf

This volume of essays explores the history of the US tax mission to Japan during the occupation following World War II. Under General MacArthur, economist Carl S. Shoup led the mission with the charge of framing a tax system for Japan designed to strengthen democracy and accelerate economic recovery. The volume examines the sources, conduct and effects of the mission and situates the mission within the history of international financial and fiscal reform. The book begins by establishing the context of progressive social investigations of taxation, including Shoup's earlier tax missions to France and Cuba. It then goes on to explore the Japanese background to the Shoup mission and the process by which American and Japanese tax experts shaped their recommendations. The book then assesses and explains the mission's accomplishments in the context of the political economies of the United States and Japan. It concludes by analyzing the global implications of the mission, which became iconic among international tax reformers.

Author : Emily S. Rosenberg
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0822332191

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Financial Missionaries to the World by Emily S. Rosenberg Pdf

The history of “dollar diplomacy,” using US financial clout to influence the actions of foreign governments.

Author : P.J. Cain,A. G. Hopkins
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 764 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2014-01-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317873532

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British Imperialism by P.J. Cain,A. G. Hopkins Pdf

A milestone in the understanding of British history and imperialism, and truly global in its reach, this magisterial account received numerous accolades from reviewers in its first edition. The first to coin the phrase "gentlemanly capitalism", Cain and Hopkins make the strong and provocative argument that it is impossible to understand the nature and evolution of British imperialism without taking account of the peculiarities of her economic development. In particular, the growth of the financial sector - and above all, the City of London - played a crucial role in shaping the course of British history and Britain's relations overseas. Now with a substantive new introduction and a conclusion, the scope of the original account has been widened to include an innovative discussion of globalization.

Author : Andrew F. Cooper,Jorge Heine,Ramesh Thakur
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 992 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780191652615

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The Oxford Handbook of Modern Diplomacy by Andrew F. Cooper,Jorge Heine,Ramesh Thakur Pdf

At a time when diplomatic practices and the demands imposed on diplomats are changing quite radically, and many foreign ministries feel they are being left behind, there is a need to understand the various forces that are affecting the profession. Diplomacy remains a salient activity in today's world in which the basic authoritative actor is still the state. At the same time, in some respects the practice of diplomacy is undergoing significant, even radical, changes to the context, tools, actors and domain of the trade. These changes spring from the changing nature of the state, the changing nature of the world order, and the interplay between them. One way of describing this is to say that we are seeing increased interaction between two forms of diplomacy, 'club diplomacy' and 'network diplomacy'. The former is based on a small number of players, a highly hierarchical structure, based largely on written communication and on low transparency; the latter is based on a much larger number of players (particularly of civil society), a flatter structure, a more significant oral component, and greater transparency. The Oxford Handbook of Modern Diplomacy is an authoritative reference tool for those studying and practicing modern diplomacy. It provides an up-to-date compendium of the latest developments in the field. Written by practitioners and scholars, the Handbook describes the elements of constancy and continuity and the changes that are affecting diplomacy. The Handbook goes further and gives insight to where the profession is headed in the future. Co-edited by three distinguished academics and former practitioners, the Handbook provides comprehensive analysis and description of the state of diplomacy in the 21st Century and is an essential resource for diplomats, practitioners and academics.

Author : Peter V. N. Henderson
Publisher : UNM Press
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2013-08-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780826353375

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The Course of Andean History by Peter V. N. Henderson Pdf

The only comprehensive history of Andean South America from initial settlement to the present, this useful book focuses on Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia, the four countries where the Andes have played a major role in shaping history. Although Henderson emphasizes the period since the winning of independence in 1825, he argues that the region’s republican history cannot be explained without a clear understanding of what happened in the pre-Hispanic and colonial eras Henderson carefully explores the complex relationship between the Andean peoples and their land up until the fall of the Inka Empire in 1532 before addressing the Spanish conquest and the colonial aftermath, emphasizing the syncretism often unwillingly forced upon the original inhabitants of the region. His account of the nineteenth century discusses the attempts of the Andean elite to fashion modern nation-states in the face of many divisive factors, including race. The final chapters carry the story from 1930 to the present as the Andean countries debated different ways to create a more inclusive and prosperous society.

Author : Emily Gilbert,Eric Helleiner
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Money
ISBN : 9780415189262

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Nation-states and Money by Emily Gilbert,Eric Helleiner Pdf

Bringing together a number of interdisciplinary experts, Nation-States and Money provides a very topical, varied perspective on the past and possible future between money and nation-states.

Author : Paul Wilson
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2019-05-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780750991780

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Hostile Money by Paul Wilson Pdf

Money has the power to make nations and fuel wars. It is both the subject of diplomacy and the tool of those seeking to overthrow hostile regimes at home and abroad. Germany's hyperinflation following the First World War has entered the public consciousness as an extreme example of what can happen to a currency in conflict. What is not widely known is that it is by no means the worst case of war-induced hyperinflation. Hostile Money looks at the impact of war and revolution on national currencies – from Rome's civil war in the first century BC to the twenty-first-century invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq by American-led forces and the economic sanctions and cyberwarfare of today.

Author : Eric Helleiner
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2018-07-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781501720727

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The Making of National Money by Eric Helleiner Pdf

Why should each country have its own exclusive currency? Eric Helleiner offers a fascinating and unique perspective on this question in his accessible history of the origins of national money. Our contemporary understandings of national currency are, Helleiner shows, surprisingly recent. Based on standardized technologies of production and extraction, territorially exclusive national currencies emerged for the first time only during the nineteenth century. This major change involved a narrow definition of legal tender and the exclusion of tokens of value issued outside the national territory. "Territorial currencies" rapidly became bound up with the rise of national markets, and money reflected basic questions of national identity and self-presentation: In what way should money be managed to serve national goals? Whose pictures should go on the banknotes? Helleiner draws out the potent implications of this largely unknown history for today's context. Territorial currencies face challenges from many monetary innovations—the creation of the euro, dollarization, the spread of local currencies, and the prospect of privately issued electronic currencies. While these challenges are dramatic, the author argues that their significance should not be overstated. Even in their short historical life, territorial currencies have never been as dominant as conventional wisdom suggests. The future of this kind of currency, Helleiner contends, depends on political struggles across the globe, struggles that echo those at the birth of national money.

Author : Barry Eichengreen,Andreas Kakridis
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 443 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2023-11-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781009367585

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The Spread of the Modern Central Bank and Global Cooperation by Barry Eichengreen,Andreas Kakridis Pdf

Central banks were not always as ubiquitous as they are today. Their functions were circumscribed, their mandates ambiguous, and their allegiances once divided. The inter-war period saw the establishment of twenty-eight new central banks – most in what are now called emerging markets and developing economies. The Emergence of the Modern Central Bank and Global Cooperation provides a new account of their experience, explaining how these new institutions were established and how doctrinal knowledge was transferred. Combining synthetic analysis with national case studies, this book shows how institutional design and monetary practice were shaped by international organizations and leading central banks, which attached conditions to stabilization loans and dispatched 'money doctors.' It highlights how many of these arrangements fell through when central bank independence and the gold standard collapsed.

Author : Sylvia Maxfield
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1998-07-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781400822287

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Gatekeepers of Growth by Sylvia Maxfield Pdf

Central banks can shape economic growth, affect income distribution, influence a country's foreign relations, and determine the extent of its democracy. While there is considerable literature on the political economy of central banking in OECD countries, this is the first book-length study focused on central banking in emerging market countries. Surveying the dramatic worldwide trend toward increased central bank independence in the 1990s, the book argues that global forces must be at work. These forces, the book contends, center on the character of international financial intermediation. Going beyond an explanation of central bank independence, Sylvia Maxfield posits a general framework for analyzing the impact of different types of international capital flows on the politics of economic policymaking in developing countries. The book suggests that central bank independence in emerging market countries does not spring from law but rather from politics. As long as politicians value them, central banks will enjoy independence. Central banks are most likely to be independent in developing countries when politicians desire international creditworthiness. Historical analyses of central banks in Brazil, Mexico, South Korea, and Thailand, and quantitative analyses of a larger sample of developing countries corroborate this investor signaling explanation of broad trends in central bank status.