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The system worked : how the world stopped another great depression / Daniel W. Drezner.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.Description: xii, 262 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780195373844 (hardback : alk. paper)
  • 0195373847 (hardback : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 330.9/0511
LOC classification:
  • HB 3722 D778s 2014
Contents:
The puzzle of successful global governance -- Yes, the system worked -- Why the misperception? -- Basel III and the role of interest -- The role of power -- The role of ideas -- Where do we go from here?
Summary: International institutions, from the International Monetary Fund to the International Olympic Committee, are perceived as bastions of sclerotic mediocrity at best and outright corruption at worst, and this perception is generally not far off the mark. In the wake of the 2008 financial crash, Daniel W. Drezner, like so many others, looked at the smoking ruins of the global economy and wondered why global economic governance structure had failed so spectacularly, and what could be done to reform them in the future. But then a funny thing happened. As he surveyed their actions in the wake of the crash, he realized that the evidence pointed to the exact opposite conclusion: global economic governance had succeeded
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) HB 3722 D778s 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000112689

Includes bibliographical references (pages193-256).

The puzzle of successful global governance -- Yes, the system worked -- Why the misperception? -- Basel III and the role of interest -- The role of power -- The role of ideas -- Where do we go from here?

International institutions, from the International Monetary Fund to the International Olympic Committee, are perceived as bastions of sclerotic mediocrity at best and outright corruption at worst, and this perception is generally not far off the mark. In the wake of the 2008 financial crash, Daniel W. Drezner, like so many others, looked at the smoking ruins of the global economy and wondered why global economic governance structure had failed so spectacularly, and what could be done to reform them in the future. But then a funny thing happened. As he surveyed their actions in the wake of the crash, he realized that the evidence pointed to the exact opposite conclusion: global economic governance had succeeded

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