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Money and Empire: Charles P. Kindleberger and the Dollar System | Part 1
Reading Group
Location:
Online
Type:
Other
YSI Presenters
Description
In this book, Perry Mehrling traces the evolution of Charles P. Kindleberger's thinking in the context of a 'key-currency' approach to the rise of the dollar system, here revealed as the indispensable framework for global economic development since World War II.
In this first session we will discuss:
Introduction
Part I: Intellectual Formation, 1910-1948
Ch. 1: Golden Boy
Ch. 2: Columbia
Ch. 3: Hot Money
Ch. 4: A Good War
In the next session, we will discuss:
Part II: International Economist, 1948-1976
Ch. 5 Tech
Ch. 6 The Dollar System
Ch. 7 Among Economists
Part III: Historical Economist, 1976-2003
Ch. 8 Indepence
Ch. 9 Chef d'Ouvre
Ch. 10 Leadership
Hosted by Working Group(s):
Attendees
Claudio Ferri
Philip Jackson
Asgeir B. Torfason
Farwa Naqvi
Janina Urban
Marián Suchánek
alison touhey
Manuel Fernando Perez Archila
Nepeti Nicanor
Celine Tcheng
Lokesh Shah
Colin Vuilletet
Ewa Rewers
Nicolás Aguila
Jay Pocklington
Mateusz Urban
Jim Bramlett
Renan Ferreira de Araujo
Monica DiLeo
Nathalie Marins
Andrea Guillem
Matthew Boyle
Salma Sakr
Rok Piletic
Malena Calissano
Win Monroe
Alex Howlett
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