Research Catalog

Title

In defense of free capital markets : the case against a new international financial architecture / David F. DeRosa.

Author

DeRosa, David F.

Publication

Princeton, NJ : Bloomberg Press, 2001.

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Description

xv, 230 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Summary

• "This book analyses the economic conditions that produced a number of recent financial crises. It also investigates the responses made to each crisis, to uncover whether government policies directed at these episodes of turmoil made matters better or worse.".
• "Before constructing new regulations, economists should carefully examine the results of past policy. Many fixed-exchange-rate regimes have failed in their intended purpose of maintaining stability in the currency markets. Those attempts at control, instead, have caused violent macroeconomic fluctuations and have had far-reaching, often destructive, effects - ironically, just the opposite of what their creators intended.
• The future economic well-being of both developed and developing nations depends upon an honest look at the irrefutable lessons of these recent financial disasters - before they are repeated."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

• Deregulation > Developing countries > Case studies
• Capital market > Developing countries > Case studies
• Foreign exchange > Developing countries > Case studies
• Free enterprise > Developing countries > Case studies

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-222) and index.

ISBN

157660036X (alk. paper)

LCCN

00062090

OCLC

• ocm44732347
• SCSB-4060692

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries