Monetary Economics

Essential reading for understanding the international economynow thoroughly updatedLucid, accessible, and provocative, and now thoroughly updated t...

One of the twentieth century's most prescient critics of the role of the U.S. dollar in the global economy, Jacques Rueff (18961978) was also one o...

The central thesis of the book is that in order to evaluate monetary policy, one should have a clear idea about the characteristics and functions o...

The euro was originally seen as another stepping stone to a politically unified Europe. Yet with the fall of the Berlin Wall, the disintegration of...

Modern Financial Markets and Institutions  provides a comprehensive and authoritative introduction to the workings of modern financial systems, the...

Have you ever wondered why we can afford to buy far more clothes than our grandparents ever could . . . but may be less likely to own a home in whi...

The politics of major banking crises has been transformed since the nineteenth century. Analyzing extensive historical and contemporary evidence, C...

The politics of major banking crises has been transformed since the nineteenth century. Analyzing extensive historical and contemporary evidence, C...

The financial crisis of 2007 and the following recession present a major challenge to macroeconomic theory. The same holds true for exceptionally l...

'If the word 'blockchain' makes you want to call a plumber, or you think Satoshi is some kind of raw fish, you need to read Cryptocurrency today. I...

Who really benefits from a cashless society?Many of us rarely use cash these days. And the reach of corporations into our lives via cards and apps ...

The guide to returning to a gold standard All that glitters is gold and gold has never glittered so much as it has in the last decade, reaching st...

Our money system is a toxic left-over from a time when theft on a grand scale war and empire-building was glorified. Today, we need to move on f...