Britain and the Sterling Area

Britain and the Sterling Area
Author: Dr Catherine Schenk
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 176
Release: 1994-06-30
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1134860544

To complement current work on the British domestic economy in the post-war period it is necessary to examine external economic policy. Whilst considerable work has been done on Britain's relations with Europe and with America, the complexities of the sterling area have remained obscure. This volume makes a significant contribution to unravelling the strands of British external economic policy in the post-war period.

The Sterling Area

The Sterling Area
Author: British Information Services
Publisher:
Total Pages: 8
Release: 1945
Genre: Sterling area
ISBN:

The Decline of Sterling

The Decline of Sterling
Author: Catherine R. Schenk
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 455
Release: 2010-05-27
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1139487256

The demise of sterling as an international currency was widely predicted after 1945, but the process took thirty years to complete. Why was this demise so prolonged? Traditional explanations emphasize British efforts to prolong sterling's role because it increased the capacity to borrow, enhanced prestige, or supported London as a centre for international finance. This book challenges this view by arguing that sterling's international role was prolonged by the weakness of the international monetary system and by collective global interest in its continuation. Using the archives of Britain's partners in Europe, the USA and the Commonwealth, Catherine Schenk shows how the UK was able to convince other governments that sterling's international role was critical for the stability of the international economy and thereby attract considerable support to manage its retreat. This revised view has important implications for current debates over the future of the US dollar as an international currency.

Sterling and British Policy

Sterling and British Policy
Author: Susan Strange
Publisher: London ; New York : Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 414
Release: 1971
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Credibility and the International Monetary Regime

Credibility and the International Monetary Regime
Author: Michael D. Bordo
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2012-04-09
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0521811333

This book presents ten studies which combine historical narrative with econometrics to analyze the role of credibility in four monetary regimes.

The CFA Franc Zone

The CFA Franc Zone
Author: Ali Zafar
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2021-05-11
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3030710068

This book provides an empirical analysis of economic and political structures impacting the CFA franc zone. Concise and practical chapters explore the history of the CFA franc zone, challenges to development, geopolitical issues, the importance of flexible exchanges rates, growth trends, and the impact of the Covid crisis. Policy reform is examined to detail economic approaches that could reduce poverty and increase the quality of life within the area. This book aims to present a macroeconomic and exchange rate framework to promote development and post-Covid recovery within the CFA franc zone. It will be of interest to students, researchers, and policymakers involved in African economics, the political economy, and development economics.

The Political Economy of Imperial Relations

The Political Economy of Imperial Relations
Author: Alex Sutton
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015-08-27
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781137373977

The Political Economy of Imperial Relations offers a much needed historical and theoretical intervention into the relationship between Britain and Malaya after the Second World War. It challenges existing accounts and details a strong continuity in this relationship from 1945 until 1960.

Sterling Township

Sterling Township
Author: Sterling Township Public Library and Historical Commision
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2005-10-31
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 1439632804

Sterling Township, located about 18 miles northeast of Detroit, was first settled after the Erie Canal was opened. The rich soil, relatively flat land, and the vital Clinton River attracted pioneer and immigrant families who arrived to establish farmsteads. The first influx of immigrants came mainly from the British Isles, and by the 1870s, German families had flocked to the area, raising dairy cattle and establishing farms. Belgians, arriving in the early 1900s, developed truck farminggrowing fruits and vegetables to sell every week at the farmers market in Detroit. Farm culture prevailed until the 1950s, when large industrial plants began moving in, bringing with them workers and a need for housing and city services. Sterling Township became the city of Sterling Heights in 1968, and this collection of photographs will showcase the families and the way of life in the early days of this community, a historic community that is now the fourth largest city in Michigan.

The British End of the British Empire

The British End of the British Empire
Author: Sarah Stockwell
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 353
Release: 2018-08-30
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1107070317

The end of empire in Britain itself is illuminated through explorations of its impact on key domestic institutions.

NSC 68 and the Political Economy of the Early Cold War

NSC 68 and the Political Economy of the Early Cold War
Author: Curt Cardwell
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 311
Release: 2011-06-13
Genre: History
ISBN: 1139498231

NSC 68 and the Political Economy of the Early Cold War re-examines the origins and implementation of NSC 68, the massive rearmament program that the United States embarked upon beginning in the summer of 1950. Curt Cardwell reinterprets the origins of NSC 68 to demonstrate that the aim of the program was less about containing communism than ensuring the survival of the nascent postwar global economy, upon which rested postwar US prosperity. The book challenges most studies on NSC 68 as a document of geostrategy and argues instead that it is more correctly understood as a document rooted in concerns for the US domestic political economy.