The essential conditions for international economic stability

The third quarter of the 20th century has given us what is probably the greatest growth of real income the world has ever seen in a like period. Nevertheless, there has been one major problem in many countries: the dilemma of an unacceptable and apparently accelerating rate of price increase in the...

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Main Author: A.N. MCLEOD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associazione Economia civile 2014-01-01
Series:PSL Quarterly Review
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Online Access:https://rosa.uniroma1.it/rosa04/psl_quarterly_review/article/view/11476
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description The third quarter of the 20th century has given us what is probably the greatest growth of real income the world has ever seen in a like period. Nevertheless, there has been one major problem in many countries: the dilemma of an unacceptable and apparently accelerating rate of price increase in the face of an uncomfortable level of unemployment. This dilemma underlies both the poor performance of the Bretton Woods system in recent years and the sharp escalation of the trade war. In this context, the present work considers the direct and indirect effects that one nation’s actions are likely to have on other nations. The author proposes a model to explain both the strength and the persistence of inflationary pressures throughout the world and the difficulties major nations face in reconciling their views on international monetary and trade arrangements.    JEL: E31, E24, E42, F33
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spelling doaj.art-9f41bf34db2943129a9f11fd9b320a2c2023-02-03T16:44:49ZengAssociazione Economia civilePSL Quarterly Review2037-36352037-36432014-01-012811310.13133/2037-3643/11476The essential conditions for international economic stabilityA.N. MCLEODThe third quarter of the 20th century has given us what is probably the greatest growth of real income the world has ever seen in a like period. Nevertheless, there has been one major problem in many countries: the dilemma of an unacceptable and apparently accelerating rate of price increase in the face of an uncomfortable level of unemployment. This dilemma underlies both the poor performance of the Bretton Woods system in recent years and the sharp escalation of the trade war. In this context, the present work considers the direct and indirect effects that one nation’s actions are likely to have on other nations. The author proposes a model to explain both the strength and the persistence of inflationary pressures throughout the world and the difficulties major nations face in reconciling their views on international monetary and trade arrangements.    JEL: E31, E24, E42, F33 https://rosa.uniroma1.it/rosa04/psl_quarterly_review/article/view/11476InflationunemploymentBretton Woods systemtrade warinternational monetary arrangements
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The essential conditions for international economic stability
PSL Quarterly Review
Inflation
unemployment
Bretton Woods system
trade war
international monetary arrangements
title The essential conditions for international economic stability
title_full The essential conditions for international economic stability
title_fullStr The essential conditions for international economic stability
title_full_unstemmed The essential conditions for international economic stability
title_short The essential conditions for international economic stability
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unemployment
Bretton Woods system
trade war
international monetary arrangements
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