Saving International Capitalism During the Early Truman Presidency

The National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial Problems, 1945-1948
1. Auflage 2001
ISBN: 978-0-8153-3954-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Inc

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 476 g

First published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Casey, Kevin M.

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltpolitik, Umweltprotokoll
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Geldwirtschaft, Währungspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Umwelt- und Gesundheitspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: The Genesis of NAC; 2. Wartime Planning for Postwar Financial Multilateralism, 1940-1945; The Economic World View of U.S. Postwar Planners; Organizing U.S. Foreign Economic Policymaking; Creating the International Monetary Fund and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development; Developing an International Monetary Stabilization Organization; Creating the World Bank; 3. Engineering Congressional Passage of the Bretton Woods Agreements and The Creation of the NAC; 4. Securing Britain's Commitment of Economic Multilateralism: Establishing the NAC and Negotiation Postwar Aid for Britain; Establishing the National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial Problems; Coordinating Postwar Foreign Assistance Programs; Negotiating the Anglo-American Finanacial Agreement; 5. From Financial Multilateralism to Economic Containment: the NAC and U.S. Foreign Lending Policy, 1946; Devising a Postwar U.S. Foreign Lending Policy; The Politics of U.S. Foreign Lending; A Political Loan for Nationalist China; The Politics of Reconstruction Lending to Europe; Eastern Europe; Western Europe; The Background of a Loan to the Soviet Union; The Ascendancy of Economic Containment; 6. Promoting Postwar Lending for Reconstruction and Development: the NAC, the World Bank and the Aldrich Committee, 1946-1948; Launching the World Bank; U.S. Containment Policy and World Bank Lending to Eastern Europe; The NAC, the World Bank and Developmental Lending Policy: Chile as a Test Case; Promoting Private Investment: the NAC and the Aldrich Committee; U.S. Foreign Lending and Investment Policy, 1948; 7. Convertibility Deferred: The NAC, the IMF and Britain's Experiment with Sterling Convertibility, 1946-1948; Shaping the IMF, 1946-1947; Britain's Early Experiment with Sterling Convertibility; Reshaping IMF Policy in Light of the European Recovery Program; 8. Conclusion; Redefining the NAC's Role in Foreign Policy Making; A Final Assessment; Bibliography