As an EHM in the '60s and '70s, covertly recruited by the US National Security Agency, John Perkins helped further American imperial interests in countries such as Ecuador, Panama, Indonesia and Saudi Arabia. He tried to write this book four times but was threatened or bribed each time to halt. The events of 9/11 forced him to reveal the truth.

The book argues that a successful monetary and banking reform requires: a rollback of monetary nationalism and return to monetary internationalism; trust in the banking system with its basic functions restored; a balance between competition and solidarity in order to assure political and social acceptance of globalization.

The International Money Game has been fully rewritten to take account of changes in the world economy, it provides a comprehensive overview of international financial developments, including both the structure of payments arrangements and the series of credit and asset bubbles and the financial crises.

The failure on the part of Banks to enforce rigorous self regulation has precipitated a deep and prolonged global recession. This book provides a comprehensive review of principles, institutions and experience of financial regulation, to help illustrate current regulatory proposals.

As the financial crisis engulfs the world economy, there is an ambitous agenda for regulatory reform. This book provides a comprehensive review of the analysis of finance, economics and the law and economics, illuminating past and current banking and financial regulation designed to prevent another credit/dollar crisis and global recession.

Authoritative and fully up-to-date account by leading China expert on China's economic rise and how it will affect the world

Argues that neither the US Treasury nor Wall Street bankers have preferred or promoted multilateral, liberal rules for global finance. This book also claims that European policy makers conceived and promoted the liberal rules that compose the international financial architecture.

Assesses the implications of debt relief for low-income countries and how the benefits from debt relief can be preserved in the future. This book examines key question related to debt relief, debt sustainability and debt management.

Explains the basic concepts of finance - how money is created, and how decisions by banking and other financial service corporations are determining the fate of billions of people. This book traces the origins of money, as a source of exchange and a store of value, and the many weird and wonderful forms it takes - visible and invisible.

Focuses on the debate about European financial integration in light of the crisis, with a chapter outlining the case for financial integration.

This volume contains various original research contributions concerning the effect of government policy on the performance of money markets in East and South East Asia.

The US is the world's most credit worthy borrower. But as its external deficit exploded, so did the domestic borrowing of US households, stimulated by rising house prices. The result was the subprime mortgage crisis of 2007.

Tells the story of the author's time in international finance - from reforming the IMF and the World Bank to cancelling the debt of very poor countries.

Sworn in as head of the US Treasury Department's international finance division three months prior to 9/11, John B Taylor soon found himself at the centre of the war on terror. Here, he offers the reader an insider's account of a pivotal time in international finance, as well as a primer on policy development and operational strategy.

The 11 essays in this text cover such areas of economics as the role of exchange rates in balance-of-payments adjustment policy, the role of speculation in the functioning of exchange-rate regimes, and Third World debt, from the late 1970s to the mid-1990s.

This book provides a comprehensive assessment of the causes and implications of the 1992-93 crisis of the exchange rate mechanism.

This book provides a definitive account of the recent history of the International Monetary Fund, and the successes it has enjoyed since it was founded. With fascinating contributions by current and former IMF staff members, this book offers a unique insight into the workings of the organization and explores how it has benefited many.

This book provides a comprehensive assessment of the causes and implications of the 1992-93 crisis of the exchange rate mechanism.

Discusses the important successes of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). This book also discusses the economic crisis recovery programs supported by the IMF and of its policies to help prevent financial crises. It contains accounts by IMF staff members and by senior country officials of significant events in international financial affairs.