Reforming the (Non)System
Abstract This chapter proposes a comprehensive yet evolutionary reform of the global monetary non-system that evolved out of the breakdown of the original Bretton Woods arrangement in the early 1970s. The recent North Atlantic financial crisis showed how dysfunctional the current international monet...
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croxfordunivpr:10.1093/oso/9780198718116.003.0007 2024-09-15T18:23:08+00:00 Reforming the (Non)System Ocampo, José Antonio 2017 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198718116.003.0007 https://academic.oup.com/book/9072/chapter/155620541 en eng Oxford University PressOxford https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/igo/ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/igo/ Resetting the International Monetary (Non)System page 207-232 ISBN 019871811X 9780198718116 9780191787478 book-chapter 2017 croxfordunivpr https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198718116.003.0007 2024-07-01T04:20:18Z Abstract This chapter proposes a comprehensive yet evolutionary reform of the global monetary non-system that evolved out of the breakdown of the original Bretton Woods arrangement in the early 1970s. The recent North Atlantic financial crisis showed how dysfunctional the current international monetary and financial architecture is for managing today’s global economy, and led to calls to reform it. Proposals for reform in this chapter include: (i) a global reserve system that mixes the multi-currency arrangement with an active use of the International Monetary Fund’s Special Drawing Rights; (ii) stronger mechanisms of macroeconomic policy cooperation, including management of the exchange rate system and capital account regulations; (iii) additional automatic balance-of-payments financing facilities, and the complementary use of swap and regional arrangements; (iv) a multilateral sovereign debt workout mechanism; and (v) major reforms of the system’s governance. Book Part North Atlantic Oxford University Press 207 232 |
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Abstract This chapter proposes a comprehensive yet evolutionary reform of the global monetary non-system that evolved out of the breakdown of the original Bretton Woods arrangement in the early 1970s. The recent North Atlantic financial crisis showed how dysfunctional the current international monetary and financial architecture is for managing today’s global economy, and led to calls to reform it. Proposals for reform in this chapter include: (i) a global reserve system that mixes the multi-currency arrangement with an active use of the International Monetary Fund’s Special Drawing Rights; (ii) stronger mechanisms of macroeconomic policy cooperation, including management of the exchange rate system and capital account regulations; (iii) additional automatic balance-of-payments financing facilities, and the complementary use of swap and regional arrangements; (iv) a multilateral sovereign debt workout mechanism; and (v) major reforms of the system’s governance. |
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