Dauton, Martin,  1949- <br/><br/>
The economic government of the world :  1933-2023 / 
Martin Daunton. 
 - First American edition. 
 - xxxiv, 986 pages :  illustrations ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Part one. Responding to the Great Depression. 'The establishment of a sound national economy' : the politics of the Great Depression ; 'Barren harvest' : the World Monetary and Economic Conference, 1933 ; 'Beggar my neighbour': the failures of the world economy, 1933-1939 ; 'Escaping from backwardness' : strategies of economic development<br/>Part two. The Bretton Woods era. 'Handling the English' : lend lease, commercial policy and sterling balances<br/>'A firm foundation' : reforming the monetary system<br/>'An integrated program' : food, employment and commodities<br/>'The threshold of the future' : the Bretton Woods Agreement<br/>'A financial Dunkirk' : the United States, Britain and Germany<br/>'Happier relations between all countries' : the failure of the International Trade Organization<br/>'Convertible currencies in the free world' : sterling and Europe<br/>'Damn it, we're a bank' : contesting development<br/>'A common detestation of colonialism' : development, nationalism and the Cold War<br/>'Competitive cooperation' : the Kennedy round, the United States and the Common Market<br/>'Progress towards self-sustaining growth' : the development decade<br/>Part three. Washington consensus. 'Trying to live with an anomaly' : the limits of Bretton Woods ; 'Benign neglect' : closing the gold window ; 'Music without any middle C' : the floating world ; 'A trade union of the poor' : the new international economic order and the limits to growth ; 'Expansion of economic freedom' : the rise of market liberalism ; 'Market fundamentalism' : the Washington consensus and financial liberalization ; 'Rules-based system' : creating the World Trade Organization ; 'Setting the bird free' : economies in transition ; 'Eurofantasies' : from economic and monetary union to the euro<br/>Part four. Beyond neo-liberalism. 'Behaving badly' : the global financial crisis ; 'Messy multilateralism' : nationalism versus globalism ; Fair capitalism and globalization : the way ahead 
<br/><br/> "An epic history of the people and institutions that have built the global economy since the Great Depression"-- 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780374146412 (hardcover) 0374146411 (hardcover) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2023021274 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>International economic relations--History.<br/>Relaciones económicas internacionales--Historia <br/>Economic policy--International cooperation--History.<br/>Política económica --Cooperación internacional<br/>Financial institutions, International--History.<br/>Instituciones financieras internacionales <br/>Economic history--1918-1945.<br/>Economic history--1945-<br/>Historia económica
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HF 1359  / D244e 2023 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>337