International Finance Theory and Policy
by Steven M. Suranovic

CHAPTER 100
International Monetary System: Case Studies

Table of Contents

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Overview
The Breakup of the Bretton Woods System: 1973
The Role of the IMF
(Coming Soon)
The Third World Debt Crisis: 1982
The Exchange Rate Mechanism in the EU: 1980s -1990s
The Peso Crisis in Mexico: 1995
The Asian Currency Crisis: 1997
Currency Board Experiences
Experiments with Dollarization

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Problem Sets

LEVEL 1: Basic Definitional
LEVEL 2: Basic Intermediate
LEVEL 3: Advanced Intermediate

LEVEL 1
Jeopardy F100-1
(On Bretton-Woods)

LEVEL 2

LEVEL 3

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The Monetary Breakdown of the West
A 1980 article by Murray Rothbard that briefly traces the International Monetary system from its Gold Standard days in the 1800s to the collapse of the Bretton-Woods system in the 1970s. As an Austrian economist, Rothbard advocates a return to a gold standard. However, this view predates the success of the US FED to control inflation since 1982.

Lessons from the Asian Crisis
Keynote address by Anne Kreuger, First Deputy Managing Director, IMF, SEACEN Meeting Sri Lanka, February 12, 2004.