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Global Finance at Risk: The Case for International Regulation Book

Since the collapse of the Bretton Woods system in 1971 and subsequent free-float of currencies, the capital markets have been deregulated. But the benefits of international liberalization, according to John Eatwell and Lance Taylor in their boldly argued Global Finance at Risk, "have been tarnished by considerable costs"--namely, more volatile foreign exchange and domestic interest rates, a greater susceptibility to contagion, and the threat of destabilizing financial crises. The problem with the current network of regulatory authorities, write the authors (Eatwell is president of Queens' College at Cambridge University and a member of Britain's House of Lords, and Taylor is a professor of economics at the New School in New York), is they offer too little, too late and just don't manage the threat of systemic risk. To rectify this hole in the soul of the capital markets, they propose (some might say fancifully) a World Financial Authority, to be built on the back of the Bank for International Settlements, which would spearhead and manage international capital-market regulation, make policy, oversee the markets, and provide an enforcement mechanism as necessary. The authors don't fuss: their superregulator would supervise all markets. They make the further case, very much against the current grain in OECD countries, for restrictions on short-term capital inflows to developing countries during time of crisis and for the "management" of foreign exchange rates between the U.S. dollar, euro, and yen. Along the way, Eatwell and Taylor recap (at times controversially) various financial crises over the last 30 years and cover hot-button issues ranging from moral hazard, regulatory arbitrage, and value-at-risk modeling to the risks posed by the increasing complexity of derivatives and the need for greater international accounting standardization. The book does not discuss the Basel Committee's newly proposed capital adequacy framework or the structural changes altering the markets as a result of electronic trading. These omissions, however, don't detract from the authors' feisty argument that the international financial markets--with their "remorseless dynamism" and destabilizing prospect of contagion--need activist leadership rather than mere babysitting. --Nina MehtaRead More

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    An urgent argument for an international body that will foster a more stable, viable global financial system. In Global Finance at Risk, two acclaimed economists propose a bold and necessary solution to the financial crises that threaten us all: a World Financial Authority with powers to establish best-practice financial regulation and risk management everywhere. Expansion of finance in industrialized economies, including nineteenth-century America, saw exactly the same kind of turbulence now afflicting Asia, Russia, and Latin America. Then, the solution was to establish national banking and securities regulators, deposit insurance, and lenders of last resort. But in our increasingly globalized world, the savings or checking account you open at your local bank can be based on bad debt from anywhere in the world--including places outside the jurisdiction of those national agencies. And when banks fail, it's not just their account-holders who suffer, but all of us. This is why, argue John Eatwell and Lance Taylor in this timely and urgent book, effective regulation of the international financial system is crucial for the economic health of the nation--and the world. Global Finance at Risk offers a workable solution for today. It will be the subject of serious debate here and in Europe.

  • 1565845633
  • 9781565845633
  • John Eatwell, Lance Taylor
  • 1 May 2000
  • The New Press
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 258
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