Monetary economics

Inflation, hyperinflation and deflation have all had profound effects on societies, especially during periods of war and crisis.

Recent years have seen a return to high inflation that has sparked debate about the causal role of monetary policy in significant price increases, especially in the context of the quantity theory of money.

Financial markets across the Arabian Peninsula have gone from being small, quasi-medieval structures in the 1960s to large world-class groupings of financial institutions.

This book examines the world of finance and the role of gender within it.

The power of local currencies Communities everywhere are challenged by issues such as health, elder and child care, housing, education, food security and the environment.

This unique collection recasts a critical episode in post-war British economic history with profound implications for today''s policy makers.

The euro area's framework for monetary policy implementation was introduced in 1999.

This title was first published in 2002: As the twenty-first century began, it was easy to assume that the reforms to the international financial system undertaken in the last half of the 1990s were adequate to the core tasks of ensuring stability, sustained growth and broadly shared benefits in the world economy.

A thorough examination of the past twenty years of inflation targeting by a distinguishing team of academics and professional economists.

State-owned enterprises make up roughly 10 percent of the world economy, yet they are woefully understudied.

Inflation Targeting and Policy Rules is an essential book for understanding how Mexico's monetary policy has been evolving and functioning, from the beginning of the century to recent, highlighting the doctrine of policy rules and focusing on inflation targeting, both fundamental elements necessary to comprehend the operation of the main central ba

A unique insider account of the creation of the Euro by one of its principal architects.

At the time in which this book was first published in 1992, there was a major concern with the macro-economic implications of fiscal imbalance.

Money is nothing more than what is commonly exchanged for goods or services, so why has understanding it become so complicated?

Bankers and speculators build castles in the air but when they come crashing down ordinary people have to pick up the tab.

This study in economic history focuses on the commercial relations and monetary policies of England, Burgundy, and Flanders in medieval times.

This is a straight-forward, readable account, written with the minimum of jargon, of the central importance of money in the ordinary business of the life of different people throughout the ages from ancient times to the present day.

Comprehensive coverage of the time value of money In this book, authors Pamela Peterson Drake and Frank Fabozzi fully expand upon the type of time value of money (TVM) concepts usually presented as part of overviews given in other general finance books.

This book examines the history of what became one of Portugal's largest banks, the Caixa Geral de Depositos.

This volume, originally published in 1958, contains a selection of the most important and interesting articles by Knut Wicksell, which had hitherto only been published in Swedish.

A comprehensive account of how government deficits and debt drive inflationWhere do inflation and deflation ultimately come from?

Examines the theory and practice of monetary policy in South Korea, and how certain policy tools can help manage financial crises.

This easy-to-use guide covers the history, development, and current workings of cryptocurrencies and the underground economy, both in the United States and around the world.

The studies collected in this volume embody the results of research conducted in the mid 1950s into various theoretical problems in international economics.

A retrospective on the Federal Reserve, these essays by leading historians and economists investigate how financial infrastructure shapes economic outcomes.

Since 1945 preventing runaway wage inflation has been regarded as a key policy in managing an economy in a successful way.

A thorough examination of the past twenty years of inflation targeting by a distinguishing team of academics and professional economists.

The 2009 European sovereign debt crisis and the EU's policy response to it have prompted scholars to re-think whether diverse national models of capitalism can thrive within the European Union (EU).

This book considers the treatment of equilibrium by several of the most important schools of thought in economics, including:* neoclassical economics,* the neo-Ricardian economics,* Post-Keynesian economics - both those who follow Joan Robinson in denying any interpretative role to equilibrium in economic theorizing and those who use the notion of equilibrium, but re-defined from a Classical or Keynesian perspective.

Originally published in 1991, The Economic Organisation of a Financial System develops a descriptive theory of a financial system's organisation and functions and applies the theory of organisational economics to the study of a financial system.

This book presents the sharp regional diff erences within the integrating European continent.

This title was first published in 2001.

The Proceedings of the International Conference on Financial Management and the Digital Economy (ICFMDE 2023) offers an overview of research and insights into how financial management is evolving in the digital age.

The existence of fiat currencies has long been cited as one of the major contributing factors to the challenges facing contemporary economies, and the current monetary system is not only a key source of exorable increases in interest rates but also a principal cause of inflation and decline in the value of money in many countries.

Knut Wicksell is acknowledged to be the precursor and prophet of modern macroeconomic theory and he provided some of its chief elements a generation before their power and significance were properly recognized.

This book, first published in 1991, explores the complexities of the relationship between acts of Congress and nine major US corporations regarding employer-sponsored retirement plans.

Gerard Comeau, a retiree living in rural New Brunswick, never thought his booze run would turn him into a Canadian hero.

Adolph illustrates the policy differences between central banks run by former bankers relative to those run by bureaucrats.

There is growing interest among academics and policymakers in the economics of gambling, which has been stimulated by major regulatory and tax changes in the U.

Islamic Business Finance is based on strong ethical regulations as suggested by Islamic Literature, such as the Quran and the Traditions of the Prophet of Islam, and could be considered as a subclass of the wider subject of ethical standards in business.

This exploration of the statistical evidence on Germany''s post-war reconstruction sheds new light on the foundations of German economic power.