International Money and Finance after 1945

This course will examine the development of international money and banking in the second half of the twentieth century. Beginning with the legacy of the interwar depression, the course will follow a broadly chronological path to investigate the challenges and turning points in the evolution of the international monetary system and international banking and financial markets in the 20th century. A key theme will be the enduring challenges of regulation and supervision of international banking and the struggles to achieve international monetary coordination and cooperation.