Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

"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"--Provided by publisher.

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

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Essential reading for understanding the international economy-now thoroughly updatedLucid, accessible, and provocative, and now thoroughly updated to cover recent events that have shaken the global economy, Globalizing Capital is an indispensable account of the past 150 years of international monetary and financial history-from the classical gold standard to today's post-Bretton Woods "nonsystem." Bringing the story up to the present, this third edition covers the global financial crisis, the Greek bailout, the Euro crisis, the rise of China as a global monetary power, the renewed controversy over the international role of the U.S. dollar, and the currency war. Concise and nontechnical, and with a proven appeal to general readers, students, and specialists alike, Globalizing Capital is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand where the international economy has been-and where it may be going.

International finance --- Gold standard --- History. --- 1997 Asian financial crisis. --- Asset. --- Austerity. --- Balance of payments. --- Bank of England. --- Bank run. --- Bank. --- Barry Eichengreen. --- Behalf. --- Bimetallism. --- Bretton Woods system. --- Budget. --- Capital control. --- Capital flight. --- Central bank. --- Commodity. --- Competitiveness. --- Credit (finance). --- Currency. --- Current account. --- Debt crisis. --- Debt. --- Default (finance). --- Deflation. --- Deposit account. --- Depreciation. --- Deutsche Bundesbank. --- Deutsche Mark. --- Devaluation. --- Developed country. --- Economic growth. --- Economic policy. --- Economics. --- Economy. --- European Central Bank. --- European Monetary System. --- Exchange rate. --- Exorbitant privilege. --- Expense. --- Export. --- Fiat money. --- Finance. --- Financial crisis of 2007–08. --- Financial crisis. --- Financial institution. --- Financial intermediary. --- Fiscal policy. --- Fixed exchange-rate system. --- Floating exchange rate. --- Foreign direct investment. --- Foreign exchange market. --- French franc. --- Funding. --- Global imbalances. --- Gold reserve. --- Gold standard. --- Government bond. --- Government debt. --- Guarantee. --- Income. --- Inflation. --- Interest rate. --- Interest. --- International Monetary Fund. --- International monetary systems. --- Investment. --- Investor. --- Latin America. --- Lender of last resort. --- Liability (financial accounting). --- Liberalization. --- Line of credit. --- Market (economics). --- Market liquidity. --- Marshall Plan. --- Monetary authority. --- Monetary policy. --- Monetary reform. --- Monetary system. --- Money supply. --- Payment. --- Policy. --- Pound sterling. --- Provision (accounting). --- Rate of return. --- Receipt. --- Recession. --- Relative price. --- Shortage. --- Special drawing rights. --- Speculation. --- Speculative attack. --- Tariff. --- Tax. --- Trader (finance). --- Unemployment. --- United States dollar. --- Welfare. --- World War II. --- World economy.

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

An essential guide to recognizing bogus numbers and misleading dataNumbers are often intimidating, confusing, and even deliberately deceptive-especially when they are really big. The media loves to report on millions, billions, and trillions, but frequently makes basic mistakes or presents such numbers in misleading ways. And misunderstanding numbers can have serious consequences, since they can deceive us in many of our most important decisions, including how to vote, what to buy, and whether to make a financial investment. In this short, accessible, enlightening, and entertaining book, leading computer scientist Brian Kernighan teaches anyone-even diehard math-phobes-how to demystify the numbers that assault us every day.With examples drawn from a rich variety of sources, including journalism, advertising, and politics, Kernighan demonstrates how numbers can mislead and misrepresent. In chapters covering big numbers, units, dimensions, and more, he lays bare everything from deceptive graphs to speciously precise numbers. And he shows how anyone-using a few basic ideas and lots of shortcuts-can easily learn to recognize common mistakes, determine whether numbers are credible, and make their own sensible estimates when needed.Giving you the simple tools you need to avoid being fooled by dubious numbers, Millions, Billions, Zillions is an essential survival guide for a world drowning in big-and often bad-data.

Numbers, Complex. --- Data mining. --- Algorithmic knowledge discovery --- Factual data analysis --- KDD (Information retrieval) --- Knowledge discovery in data --- Knowledge discovery in databases --- Mining, Data --- Database searching --- Complex numbers --- Imaginary quantities --- Quantities, Imaginary --- Algebra, Universal --- Quaternions --- Vector analysis --- A picture is worth a thousand words. --- AARP. --- American Medical Association. --- Approximation. --- Arithmetic mean. --- Arithmetic. --- Associated Press. --- Baby boomers. --- Back-of-the-envelope calculation. --- Barrel (unit). --- Birth rate. --- Blogger (service). --- Body surface area. --- Breast cancer. --- Calculation. --- Celsius. --- Centenarian. --- Computation. --- Consumer Reports. --- Corporate tax. --- Correlation does not imply causation. --- Daniel Kahneman. --- Darrell Huff. --- Dilbert. --- Dot-com bubble. --- Economics. --- Edward Tufte. --- Error. --- Estimation. --- Exabyte. --- Exponential growth. --- FLOPS. --- Factoid. --- Fermi problem. --- Gigabyte. --- Half Gone. --- Headline. --- Hectare. --- Home computer. --- How to Lie with Statistics. --- Hulu. --- Identity theft. --- Inception. --- Inflation. --- Innumeracy (book). --- Jeff Bezos. --- John Maynard Keynes. --- Just in case. --- Kilobit. --- Kilogram. --- Life expectancy. --- Little's law. --- Millionth. --- Mortality rate. --- My Local. --- Naomi Wolf. --- National Rifle Association. --- Net worth. --- Newspaper. --- Newsweek. --- Nobel Prize. --- Order of magnitude. --- Outright. --- Percentage point. --- Percentage. --- Petabit. --- Petabyte. --- Population growth. --- Pound sterling. --- Power of 10. --- Quadrillion. --- Quantity. --- Ranking (information retrieval). --- Result. --- Round number. --- Rule of 72. --- Sampling bias. --- School bus. --- Scientific notation. --- Square foot. --- Square yard. --- Strategic Petroleum Reserve (United States). --- Tax cut. --- Tax. --- Technology. --- Terabit. --- The Beauty Myth. --- The Colbert Report. --- The New York Times. --- The Wisdom of Crowds. --- The World's Billionaires. --- U.S. News & World Report. --- Ultra-high-definition television. --- Unemployment. --- W. E. B. Du Bois. --- Warren Buffett. --- With high probability. --- Year. --- Your Computer (British magazine). --- Zettabyte. --- Mathematics --- Mathematics in mass media --- Critical thinking --- Statistics --- Big data --- Million (The number) --- Billion (The number) --- Evaluation --- Methodology