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analysis in Robert Brenner: “The Economics of Global Turbulence”, New Left Review 229,1998. 4 The major exception to this blindness has been the work of Susan Strange who constantly sought to educate us on the politics of international monetary and financial affairs and whose great classic, Sterling and British Policy, remains the indispensable starting-point for thought about the interaction of international politics, money and finance. 5 I do not wish to suggest that tensions between the goals of governments and the dynamics of markets are not an important object of investigation. See Robert Boyer and Daniel Drache (eds.): States Against Markets. The Limits of Globalization (Routledge,1996) This, however, need not be the case.”6 We try to show how the DWSR, steered by the US government, worked in and on the international political economy and how it latched onto and changed the internal economics, politics and sociology of states and their international linkages. The third part of the essay looks at the operations of the Dollar-Wall Street Regime over the last quarter of a century. We look at how US administrations have sought to use the regime, and the responses of the European Community states, Japan, the countries of the South and of the former Soviet Bloc to the regime. We also look at how the regime contributed towards changing the US domestic financial, economic and political systems. In the fourth part, we try to place the DWSR and…

we were forced to think about how we could do a better job of explaining the issue. These individuals are not responsible for any remaining errors – we are. Junichi Imai provided excellent technical assistance throughout the project. Darko Lakota and Sahar Kfir read earlier drafts and made many thoughtful suggestions. Peter Christoffersen and Dietmar Leisen gave useful comments on how firms use derivatives. Gladys Yam helped with the proof reading and Lochlann Boyle made suggestions…

different coins (8 denominations times 11 countries) circulating in Euroland. In the case of euro bills, however, which will be issued by the central bank of each country under the orders of the new European Central Bank in Frankfurt, the Eurocrats’ and bankers’ concerns carried the day. There will be no national symbols on the bills: they will be identical throughout Euroland. The idea of decorating them with portraits of great men and women, that staple of banknotes everywhere was…

role as reserve currency, potentially creating a much stronger substitute for the old Deutschmark. Advancing financialisation in Germany and other core countries turned the euro into a decisive instrument for obtaining finance in international financial markets, for lending across the world, and for engaging in financial transactions to earn trading profits. A strong euro accepted globally as a reserve currency has been sought by both banks and industrial capital in Germany. It turned…

forward Transitar Carry on business, conduct business, engage in business Exercer uma actividade Carry-over Carry- over, transporte (de prejuízos) 1. Diz-se da parcela remanescente do stock que passa de um exercício para o outro, ou que é transferida para o exercício seguinte; 2. Prejuízo líquido que a lei permite que seja contabilizado nos anos seguintes. Cartel Cartel O cartel é uma organização de produtores, operando de outro modo em regime de concorrência que visa explorar o…

Definition of regional economics. In: MCKEE, David L. et alii. Regional economics: theory and practice. New York, The Free Press, 1970. p. 3-8. FETTER, Frank A, The Relation of the history of economic thought to economic history. The American Economic Review, 55(2):136-49, May, 1965. FRIEDMAN, John & ALONSO, William. Location and spatial organization: introductory note. In: REGIONAL Development and planning. Cambridge, The MIT Press, 1964. pt. 2, p. 75-7. GRUCHMAN, B. J. Recent…

à margem do intercâmbio que já realizamos com a maior parte das universidades brasileiras. Finalmente, é preciso registrar que o trabalho em equipe é fundamental para a continuidade da revista. Contamos com os membros do Conselho Editorial para analisar, criticamente, todas as matérias enviadas para publicação e com os membros da Diretoria, com os quais temos dialogado para manter a revista e para tomar as decisões necessárias a sua organização. Eliseu Savério Sposito Editor 8 Artigos…