TY - BOOK ID - 83303143 TI - The gold standard and related regimes: collected essays PY - 1999 SN - 0521550068 0521022940 0511559623 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Gold standard KW - International finance KW - Monetary policy KW - 332.4222 KW - 331.150 KW - 333.421.1 KW - 333.421.4 KW - AA / International- internationaal KW - Monetary management KW - Economic policy KW - Currency boards KW - Money supply KW - International monetary system KW - International money KW - Finance KW - International economic relations KW - Exchange standard, Gold KW - Gold exchange standard KW - Standard, Gold KW - Currency question KW - Gold KW - International liquidity KW - Money KW - Bimetallism KW - Geschiedenis van het geldwezen: algemeenheden KW - Gouden standaard KW - Business, Economy and Management KW - Economics KW - Gold standard. KW - International finance. KW - Monetary policy. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:83303143 AB - This book contains a collection of Michael D. Bordo's essays, written singly and with colleagues, on the classical gold standard and related regimes based directly or indirectly on gold convertibility. The gold standard (and its variants) was the basis for both international and domestic monetary arrangements from the third quarter of the nineteenth century until 1971 when President Nixon closed the US gold window, effectively ending the Bretton Woods International Monetary System. Although the gold standard and its variants are now history, it still has great appeal for policymakers and scholars. Several desirable features of the gold standard have resources for the ongoing issue of international monetary reform. They include its record as a stable nominal anchor; its automaticity; and its role as a credible commitment mechanism. The essays in this collection are organized around several themes: gold and the international monetary system; the commodity theory of money; the gold standard as a rule; variants of the gold standard including the interwar gold standard and the Bretton Woods International Monetary System. ER -