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The New International Money Game

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  • © 2002

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  1. Robert Z. Aliber

    1. Center for Studies in International Finance in the Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago, USA

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Table of contents (25 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiv
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  2. A System is How the Pieces Fit

    1. A System is How the Pieces Fit

      • Robert Z. Aliber
      Pages 1-16

  3. The Name of the Game is Money

    1. The Name of the Game is Money

      • Robert Z. Aliber
      Pages 17-36

  4. International Monetary Arrangements, Money, and Politics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 37-37
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    2. ‘The Greatest Monetary Agreement in History’

      • Robert Z. Aliber
      Pages 39-59

    3. The Gnomes of Zurich Play in the Largest Market in the World

      • Robert Z. Aliber
      Pages 60-85

    4. Gold — How Much is a ‘Barbarous Relic’ Worth?

      • Robert Z. Aliber
      Pages 86-105

    5. The Dollar and Coca-Cola are Both Brand Names

      • Robert Z. Aliber
      Pages 106-123

    6. Radio Luxembourg and the Eurodollar Market are both Offshore Stations

      • Robert Z. Aliber
      Pages 124-134

    7. They Invented Money so They Could Have Inflation

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      Pages 135-151

    8. Oil and the OPEC Roller Coaster

      • Robert Z. Aliber
      Pages 152-167

    9. The Three Ds — Disinflation, Deflation, and Depression

      • Robert Z. Aliber
      Pages 168-178

    10. Optimal Bankrupts — Deadbeats on an International Treadmill

      • Robert Z. Aliber
      Pages 179-198

    11. Central Bankers Read Election Returns, not Balance Sheets

      • Robert Z. Aliber
      Pages 199-212

    12. Monetary Reform — Where Do The Problems Go When They’re Assumed Away?

      • Robert Z. Aliber
      Pages 213-228

  5. The Costs of 100 National Monies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 229-229
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    2. The Money Game and the Level Playing Field

      • Robert Z. Aliber
      Pages 231-238

    3. The Underground Economies and the Cost of Regulation

      • Robert Z. Aliber
      Pages 239-248

    4. Tax Avoidance — A Game for the Rich

      • Robert Z. Aliber
      Pages 249-264

    5. Banking on the Wire

      • Robert Z. Aliber
      Pages 265-278
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When Robert Z. Aliber's The International Money Game first appeared in 1973, it was widely acclaimed as the best - and most entertaining - introduction to the arcane mysteries of international finance on the market. The sixth edition of this classic work has again been fully rewritten to take account of the immense changes in the world economy since the previous edition - financial globalization; post-communist transition; European integration; the Asian crisis and Chinese liberalization. A substantive preface surveys the great changes in the twenty five years since the book first appeared.

Reviews

'It is no joke to make a good read out of floating currencies, sliding parities, crawling pegs, gliding rates, eurodollars and all their unsexy kin, but Professor Aliber, with a nice sense of irony, has done just that. As an introduction to today's world money issues, his book can be thoroughly recommended.' - The Economist

'Worth reading for what it has to say as well as how it says it' - Charles P. Kindelberger, Professor of Economics, Emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

'We will all profit from reading this thoughtfully argued, provocative, lively book, especially in that it highlights the complexity and 'oneness' of our international economic ills.' - M.O.Clement, Professor of Economics, Dartmouth College

'...an excellent introduction to the complex subject of The New International Money Game' - Harry G. Johnson, sometime Professor of Economics, London School of Economics and University of Chicago

Authors and Affiliations

  • Center for Studies in International Finance in the Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago, USA

    Robert Z. Aliber

About the author

ROBERT Z. ALIBER is Professor International Trade and Finance at the University of Chicago. He has been a Professor at the Salzburg Seminar in American Studies, Visiting Scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, and a consultant to various agencies of the US government. Among his previous books are Monetary Reform and World Inflation, National Monetary Policies and the International Financial System and Reconstruction of International Monetary Arrangements.

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