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The Transformation of the World Economy

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    • Robert Solomon
    Pages 1-4

  3. The Way it Was in 1980

    • Robert Solomon
    Pages 5-11

  4. Changing Philosophies of Economic Policy

    • Robert Solomon
    Pages 12-24

  5. America and Britain

    • Robert Solomon
    Pages 25-50

  6. Adjusting to Shocks in France, Germany and Japan

    • Robert Solomon
    Pages 51-75

  7. Economic Interactions and Economic Integration

    • Robert Solomon
    Pages 76-94

  8. The Elements of Economic Reform: Eastern Europe

    • Robert Solomon
    Pages 95-107

  9. Chaos and Reform in the Soviet Union and Russia

    • Robert Solomon
    Pages 108-123

  10. From Mao Zedong to Zhu Rongji: Economic Reform in China

    • Robert Solomon
    Pages 124-138

  11. Other Asia: Dragons, Tigers and an Elephant

    • Robert Solomon
    Pages 139-152

  12. Middle East and Africa: Oil, Wealth and Poverty

    • Robert Solomon
    Pages 153-164

  13. Democratisation and Reform in Latin America

    • Robert Solomon
    Pages 165-183

  14. Problems and Promises of an Uncertain Future

    • Robert Solomon
    Pages 184-195

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 196-217
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About this book

This revised, extended and updated edition of Robert Solomon's well-received The Transformation of the World Economy assesses the remarkable changes in the world economy in recent decades. The impact of marketization, of globalization in both industry and finance, and of increased policy co-ordination as a response at regional and global level, are analysed. The policy impact of changing philosophies of economic policy in the US, Britain, Western Europe, the USSR, Russia and Eastern Europe, China, Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America are analysed.

About the author

ROBERT SOLOMON is a Guest Scholar at the Brookings Institution and President of RS Associates Inc., the publisher of International Economic Letter. With the Federal Reserve Board from 1948 to 1976, he was involved in both its domestic and international activities. He became Advisor to the Board, Director of its Division of International Finance, and Economist of the Federal Open Market Committee, participating in the many international monetary negotiations of the 1960s and early 1970s. Robert Solomon is the author of The International Monetary System, and The Transformation of the World Economy 1980-93.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Transformation of the World Economy

  • Authors: Robert Solomon

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780333983492

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Robert Solomon 1999

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-73481-0Published: 11 July 2000

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-312-22112-6Published: 10 September 1999

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-333-98349-2Published: 02 June 1999

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: XII, 217

  • Topics: International Economics

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