Ebook: The United States and Global Capitalism: From Bretton Woods to the Current Crisis

Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: The Twentieth-Century Quest for a Stable International Economy; Chapter 2: The U.S. Domestic Economy and the International Scene, 1945 to 1970s; Chapter 3: U.S. Political Shifts and beyond Bretton Woods, 1970s to 1980s; Chapter 4: The New International Economy and the Dissolution of U.S. Modern Times, 1970s to 1990s; Chapter 5: The Triumph of Free-Market Global Capitalism, 1990s to 2007; Chapter 6: The Twenty-First-Century Quest for a Stable International Economy; Notes; Selected Readings and Websites; About the Author.;Information about the financial world is impossible to ignore in today's depressed global economy. Every day, media outlets bombard us with news and possible explanations for the financial crisis. In The United States and the Global Economy, Frederick Weaver gives readers a concise introduction to the patterns of change in international financial and trade regimes since World War II in order to deepen their understanding of recent global economic turmoil. Weaver has compiled a clear chronology of major events in the international economy to show how they have reflected and shaped changes in th.