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International Monetary Reform
An international monetary system in the strict sense of the world does not presently exist. Every country has it own system. Most people do not understand how unusual the system is.

The present international monetary system neither manages the interdependence of currencies nor stabilizes prices. Instead of relying on the equilibrium produced by automaticity, the superpower has to resort to "bashing" its trading partners which it treats as enemies

For thousands of years countries have anchored their currencies to one of the precious metals or to another currency. But in the quarter century since the international monetary system broke down, countries have been on their own, a phenomenon that has no historical precedent in the cooperative game known as the international monetary system.
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"My main concern today is with a permanent improvement in the international monetary system. There is no financial architecture today, and the problem of reform is to create it"
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Related articles by Robert A. Mundell:
 


Evolution of the International Monetary System and its Implications for China (Powerpoint Presentation) ▪ September ▪ 2006

Origin :

Presentation at the Capital University of Economics and Business in Beijing, September 6, 2006 (Note: this is a powerpoint presentation in Adobe PDF format)

57 pages - Price: $10.00 Help


The Case for an Asian Currency? ▪ November ▪ 2005

Origin :

Presentation at The Symposium on Monetary Affairs, Institute for International Monetary Affairs, Tokyo, November 12, 2005.

14 pages - Price: $10.00 Help


The International Monetary System and the Case for a World Currency ▪ October ▪ 2003

Origin :

Leon Kozminski Academy of Entrepreneurship and Management (WSPiZ) and TIGER Distinguished Lectures Series n. 12 Warsaw, 23 October 2003

34 pages - Price: $10.00 Help


Debt, Growth and Poverty in the International Monetary System ▪ January ▪ 2002

Origin :

Paper prepared for delivery at the 17th Annual General Meeting of the Pakistan Society of Development Economics Conference (PSDE) on “Debt, Growth and Poverty,” in Islamabad, Pakistan on January 14, 2002

30 pages


The Future of the Global Financial Architecture: Where to From Here? ▪ October ▪ 2001

Origin :

APEC CEO Summit 2001, Shanghai, China

10 pages - Price: $10.00 Help


Poverty, Growth, and the International Monetary System ▪ February ▪ 2001

Origin :

Paper prepared for “The Asian and Pacific Forum on Poverty: Policy and Institutional Reforms for Poverty Reduction,” ADB Headquarters, Manila, Philippines 5-9 February, 2001.

17 pages


The Case for Intervention in the Dollar-Euro Market ▪ May ▪ 2000

Published in:

Journal of Policy Modeling

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Exchange Rates, Currency Areas and the International Financial Architecture ▪ November ▪ 2000

Origin :

Remarks delivered at an IMF panel, September 22, 2000, Prague, Czech Republic.

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Reform of the International Monetary System ▪ October ▪ 1999

Origin :

Robbins Lecture delivered at the “Bologna-Claremont” Conference on Monetary Stability and Economic Growth, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, October 2, 1999.

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The International Monetary System: The Missing Factor ▪ 1995

Published in:

The Journal of Policy Modeling , 17(5): 479- 492


International Monetary Options ▪ Spring ▪ 1993

Published in:

The Cato Journal , vol. 3, no. 1, 189-210


The Case for a Managed International Gold Standard ▪ 1983

Published in:

The International Monetary System: Choices for the FutureNew York: Praeger , 1-19

Edited by:

Michael Connolly


International Monetary Reform: The Optimal Mix in Big Countries ▪ 1983

Published in:

Macroeconomics, Prices and Policy: Essays in Memory of Arthur M.OkunWashington, D.C.: Brookings Institution , 285-293

Edited by:

J.Tobin and J. Pechman


The International Monetary Dilemma ▪ 1979

Published in:

The Inter-American Institute of Capital MarketsCaracas, Venezuela: Instituto Americano de Mercados de Capital


World Money and the Optimal Policy Mix ▪ May ▪ 1975

Published in:

First Chicago Report


The Dollar Glut and the Tariff War ▪ September ▪ 1971

Published in:

Economic Notes , 1, no. 3


The International Monetary Fund ▪ September ▪ 1969

Published in:

Journal of World Trade Law


Toward a Better International Monetary System ▪ August ▪ 1969

Published in:

Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking


Should the United States Devalue the Dollar? ▪ September ▪ 1968

Published in:

Western Economic Journal

13 pages - Price: $10.00 Help

Also in :

Monetary Theory, inflation, Interest and Growth in the World Economy


A Plan for a World Currency ▪ September ▪ 1968

Published in:

Joint Economic Committee HearingsWashington, D.C