Money And Empire: Charles P. Kindleberger And T... [ FREE × 2024 ]

His tenure at MIT, where he wrote the standard textbook on international economics and fought intellectual battles against both Monetarists and Keynesians.

The central narrative explores how the global economy transitioned from the British pound sterling system to the American dollar-led system. Money and Empire: Charles P. Kindleberger and t...

Kindleberger argued that for a global economy to remain stable, there must be a single "stabilizer" or leader that maintains open markets for goods and provides counter-cyclical lending as a lender of last resort. His tenure at MIT, where he wrote the

His early career at the New York Fed, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), and his wartime role in the OSS and the Marshall Plan. His tenure at MIT