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The Conditions in Which Liberalism and Capitalism Appeared. The Conditions in Which Liberalism and Capitalism Appeared -- Political and Legal Conditions -- Economic and Sociological Conditions -- The Evolution of Liberalism and Capitalism. The Evolution of Liberalism and Capitalism -- The Birth of a New Capitalism in a New World: Financial Capitalism -- Towards 21st Century Capitalism.

Cover -- Half-Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- I.1. The purposes of money -- I.1.1. Money as a tool for transactions -- I.1.2. Money as a standard of values -- I.1.3. Currency as a reserve of value -- I.2. Evolution of the different media of money -- I.2.1. The original materialization of money -- I.2.2. The continuous dematerialization of money and its media -- I.2.3. Consequences of the continued dematerialization of money and its media -- I.3. Currency zones -- I.3.1. The main currency zones throughout history -- I.3.2. Definition of an optimum currency area -- I.4. Outline of this book -- 1. The Monetary Steps that Preceded the Introduction of the Euro -- 1.1. The lack of a sustainable international monetary system -- 1.1.1. From the gold standard to the gold exchange standard system -- 1.1.2. The Bretton Woods international monetary system -- 1.1.3. The International Monetary Fund (IMF), guarantor of the Bretton Woods Agreements -- 1.1.4. The end of convertibility of the dollar and the instability of floating exchange rates -- 1.2. From the Treaty of Rome to the Maastricht Treaty -- 1.2.1. The lack of a monetary target at the beginning of the European Economic Community -- 1.2.2. The Werner Plan and the temporary failure to establish an Economic and Monetary Union -- 1.2.3. The Single European Act and the Delors Report -- 1.2.4. The Maastricht Treaty -- 1.3. Monetary experiences prior to the euro -- 1.3.1. The snake in the tunnel -- 1.3.2. The European Monetary System (EMS) -- 1.3.3. The European Monetary Cooperation Fund (EMCF) -- 1.3.4. The European Monetary Institute (EMI) -- 2. The Monetary Policy Decisions Facing the European Monetary Institute -- 2.1. The central bank, Bank of Banks -- 2.1.1. The original function of the lender of last resort.