The International Monetary Fund

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Some of the most important questions facing our present-day world have their origin in international currency movements and to understand such questions a knowledge of the functions performed by the International Monetary Fund is essential. Very little of the Fund's history and development or indeed of the gold standard itself is generally understood and a substantial part of the book, the first five chapters, has been devoted to an analysis of the gold standard system and the developments which led to the formation of the International Monetary Fund,
There have been many changes in the Fund's policy and function since that time, reflecting variations in the world economy and the changing situations which so rapidly occur in our present-day world structure. It has been a primary aim, therefore, to trace these changes in detail and to show their effect in bringing about the character which the International Monetary Fund has gradually assumed.
The final chapter attempts to... Tovább

Fülszöveg

Some of the most important questions facing our present-day world have their origin in international currency movements and to understand such questions a knowledge of the functions performed by the International Monetary Fund is essential. Very little of the Fund's history and development or indeed of the gold standard itself is generally understood and a substantial part of the book, the first five chapters, has been devoted to an analysis of the gold standard system and the developments which led to the formation of the International Monetary Fund,
There have been many changes in the Fund's policy and function since that time, reflecting variations in the world economy and the changing situations which so rapidly occur in our present-day world structure. It has been a primary aim, therefore, to trace these changes in detail and to show their effect in bringing about the character which the International Monetary Fund has gradually assumed.
The final chapter attempts to survey various propositions which have been advocated for the further reform of the International Monetary Fund and to expound views on its future prospects. If these studies and conclusions should stimulate interest in, and be of guidance to, the fuller understanding of the underlying principles and probable future course of the world currency system, this book will have achieved its purpose.
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