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This collection of essays by the eminent financial and monetary historians Forrest Capie and Geoffrey Wood examines and offers explanations of the parts played by money and the banking system in the British economy over the last two centuries.Structured in three chronological parts, it covers: the period of the classical gold standard from 1870 until the First World War, and the associated key issues of the time; the troublesome interwar years, when there was a breakdown in the international economy, the Second World War and immediate post-War years; and the international dimensions of the pos

Currency question -- Great Britain -- History. --- Monetary policy -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century. --- Monetary policy -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century. --- Monetary policy -- Great Britain -- History -- 21st century. --- Monetary policy --- Money --- Banks and banking --- History

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Through channels both open and concealed, the Victorian economy continues to influence us powerfully. Much economic thinking today gains support from perceptions of how the nineteenth-century British economy worked and how well it satisfied wants. Contemporary oligopolistic industrial structure is contrasted with Victorian self-regulating competition; the gross inequalities of Victorian laissez-faire are compared with support for the needy provided by the modern welfare state; and some regard Victorian values as vital principles of social organisation which should be regained. By examining the behaviour of the British economy between 1865 and 1914, the present work casts light upon some of these views. It does so in a variety of ways. New methods or evidence are deployed to establish accepted conclusions more firmly; unwarrantedly neglected aspects of the economy are analysed with present day concerns in mind; and traditional conclusions are reassessed. The book focuses upon three central themes: industrial organisation and technology, wages and living standards, and the monetary system. These are at the heart of discussions of productivity growth, the standard of living, well-being and poverty; the criteria by which the Victorian economic system should ultimately be judged.

Monetary policy --- History. --- -Monetary management --- Economic policy --- Currency boards --- Money supply --- History --- Great Britain --- Economic conditions --- -Economic conditions --- -Monetary policy --- -History --- Monetary management --- Arts and Humanities --- Monetary policy - Great Britain - History. --- Politique monétaire --- Histoire --- Conditions économiques

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The demise of sterling as an international currency was widely predicted after 1945, but the process took thirty years to complete. Why was this demise so prolonged? Traditional explanations emphasize British efforts to prolong sterling's role because it increased the capacity to borrow, enhanced prestige, or supported London as a centre for international finance. This book challenges this view by arguing that sterling's international role was prolonged by the weakness of the international monetary system and by collective global interest in its continuation. Using the archives of Britain's partners in Europe, the USA and the Commonwealth, Catherine Schenk shows how the UK was able to convince other governments that sterling's international role was critical for the stability of the international economy and thereby attract considerable support to manage its retreat. This revised view has important implications for current debates over the future of the U.S. dollar as an international currency.

Pound, British --- Monetary policy --- International economic relations --- Monetary management --- Economic policy --- Currency boards --- Money supply --- British pound --- English pound --- Pound sterling --- Sterling area --- History --- Arts and Humanities --- Pound, British - History - 20th century --- Monetary policy - Great Britain - History - 20th century --- International economic relations - History - 20th century --- 332.494109045 --- 331.157 --- 333.432.3 --- 333.432.8 --- 333.453 --- AA / International- internationaal --- GB / United Kingdom - Verenigd Koninkrijk - Royaume Uni --- Geldwezen sedert 1945 --- Sterlinggebied --- Internationale monetaire organisatie. Internationaal Muntfonds. Algemene leningovereenkomsten --- Internationale munt. Rekeneenheden

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Banks and banking, Central --- Monetary policy --- History --- Bank of England --- Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) --- 332.110941 --- 332.110973 --- 331.162.21 --- GB / United Kingdom - Verenigd Koninkrijk - Royaume Uni --- US / United States of America - USA - Verenigde Staten - Etats Unis --- 336.71 <41> --- 336.71 (73) --- 336.74 --- 338 <09> --- Monetary management --- Economic policy --- Currency boards --- Money supply --- Banker's banks --- Banks, Central --- Central banking --- Central banks --- Banks and banking --- 338 <09> Economische geschiedenis --- Economische geschiedenis --- 336.74 Geld. Geldwezen. Monetaire sector. --- Geld. Geldwezen. Monetaire sector. --- 336.71 (73) Bankwezen--Verenigde Staten van Amerika. VSA. USA --- Bankwezen--Verenigde Staten van Amerika. VSA. USA --- 336.71 <41> Bankwezen--Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland --- Bankwezen--Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland --- Geschiedenis van de centrale banken --- Geld. Geldwezen. Monetaire sector --- Sovet upravli︠a︡i︠u︡shchikh FRS --- Federal Reserve System (U.S.) --- F.R.S. --- FRS --- United States. --- Federal Reserve (U.S.) --- Federalʹnai︠a︡ rezervnai︠a︡ sistema (U.S.) --- Federal Reserve Board (U.S.) --- Governor and Company of the Bank of England --- Eiran Ginkō --- Old Lady of Threadneedle Street --- Old Lady in Threadneedle Street --- Great Britain. --- History. --- Banks and banking, Central - Great Britain - History --- Monetary policy - Great Britain - History --- Banks and banking, Central - United States - History --- Monetary policy - United States - History