The Floating Pound and the Sterling Area 英文原版
作者: Drummond
出版社:Cambridge University Press 2008年07月
简介:
Britain's abandonment of the Gold Standard in 1931 raised neweconomic policy problems both for Britain and for the countries ofthe Empire, who had to decide whether to follow sterling off goldand, if so, whether to peg their currencies to sterling. Byexploiting archival material, the author casts fresh light on thedebates and financial diplomacy of the period, and provides afuller understanding of several key issues: the formation of thesterling area, the World Economic Conference of 1933, and Americanconcerns about the price and course of sterling.