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Provides an analysis of the classical gold standard (1880-1914) - the nearest historical equivalent to what EC countries are attempting to do - in order to examine critically these and other issues raised in the debate. Problems are highlighted that need to be solved before EMU becomes viable.

Offers an analysis of the process of international integration that has affected every country in the world: its causes, consequences and policy implications. This book combines economic theory with empirical findings over a wide area of economics and economic history.

Cover -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Part I: Introduction -- 1 Globalization: The Meaning, the Claims and the Reality -- Part II: The Dynamics of Macroeconomic Organization -- 2 Economic Progress and Organization in Capitalist Economies -- 3 International Economic Integration and the Changing Role of National Governments -- 4 The Future Role of the State in Eastern Europe -- Part III: The Origins of Globalization: Institutional and Spontaneous -- 5 Economic Development and Trade Policy -- 6 Transnational Corporations and the Nation State -- Part IV: Globalization, Cooperation and Supranationalism -- 7 The Aspirations Gap, Interdependence and Global Inflation -- 8 International Interdependence and the Debt Problem -- 9 Banking Supervision in Conditions of Deregulation and Globalization -- 10 The Bretton Woods System: Concept and Practice -- 11 The End of the Nation State? -- Bibliography -- Index of Names -- Subject Index.