In a lively critique of how international and comparative political economy misjudge the relationship between global markets and states, this book demonstrates the central place of the American state in today's world of globalized finance. The contributors set aside traditional emphases on military intervention, looking instead to economics. INDICE: Preface - Introduction; L.Panitch ; M.Konings - PART I: CONTOURS AND SOURCES OF IMPERIAL FINANCE - Finance and American Empire; L.Panitch ; S.Gindin - American Finance and Empire in Historical Perspective; M.Konings - PARTII: CONSTRUCTING THE PILLARS OF IMPERIAL FINANCE - US Structural Power and the Internationalization of the US Treasury; D.Sarai - Neo-Liberalism and the Federal Reserve; E.Newstadt - US Power and the International Bond Market: Financial Flows and the Construction of Risk Value; S.Aquanno - Towards the Americanization of European Finance? The Case of Finance-Led Accumulation in Germany; T.Sablowski - Accounting for Financial Capital. American Hegemony and the Conflict over International Accounting Standards; T.Sablowski - From Bretton Woodsto Neoliberal Reforms: The International Financial Institutions and American Power; R.Felder - The Role of Financial Discipline in Imperial Strategy; C.Rude - Conclusion; M.Konings ; L.Panitch
- ISBN: 978-0-230-23608-0
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 352
- Fecha Publicación: 31/07/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés