Limits of Transparency - Ambiguity and the History of International Finance

Informationen zum Autor Jacqueline Best is Associate Professor of Political Studies at the University of Ottawa. Klappentext Rather than assume that transparency is the ultimate goal, Best argues, we must recognize that ambiguity is pervasive, substantive, and potentially constructive. To read this book is to comprehend more deeply the ways in which politics is fundamental to economic theory and practice and to understand why the economy requires political leadership in order to flourish. Zusammenfassung A decade of crises has reminded us of the fragility of the international financial system. Conventional wisdom holds that uncertainty is the basic problem of financial governance, and attempts to contain ambiguity have dominated recent financial...

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Jacqueline Best
• Editore: Cornell University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 07.02.2005
• EAN: 9780801443190
• ISBN: 978-0-8014-4319-0
• Pagine: 234
• Serie: Cornell Studies in Money; Cornell Studies in Money
• Categorie: Guide e manuali > Diritto, professione, finanze; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Economia > Economia politica