Power and Imbalances in the Global Monetary System

The author examines the indirect macroeconomic roots of the global financial crisis and Eurozone debt crisis: the escalation of global trade imbalances between the US and China and regional trade imbalances in the Eurozone. He provides new insights into the sources and dynamics of power and instability in the contemporary global monetary system

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Mattias Vermeiren is a Researcher in International Political Economy at the Ghent Institute of International Studies, Ghent University, Belgium. His research focuses on the political economy of international monetary relations and has been published in journals such as the Review of International Studies, New Political Economy, Journal of International Relations and Development and International Politics.

Inhalt

0. Introduction Power and imbalances in the global monetary system The political economy of global monetary instability: Literature review A comparative capitalism perspective on international monetary power Scope and structure of the book 1. International monetary power: A comparative capitalism perspective Introduction The political economy of international monetary power International monetary power: concepts and definitions 2. The global imbalances and the instability of US monetary hegemony Introduction The domestic purpose of US monetary power US monetary power, finance-led growth and global imbalances Conclusion 3. Rising imbalances and monetary power in the Eurozone Introduction The domestic purpose of European monetary power Diverging growth regimes and monetary power in the Eurozone Conclusion 4. Reserve accumulation and the entrapment of Chinese monetary power Introduction The domestic purpose of Chinese monetary power Investment-led growth and the entrapment of Chinese monetary power Conclusion 5. International monetary power and global macroeconomic adjustment Introduction Macroeconomic adjustment and US monetary power after the crisis Macroeconomic adjustment and European monetary power after the cri-sis Macroeconomic adjustment and Chinese monetary power after the crisis Conclusion 6. Conclusion Power and imbalances in the global monetary system A comparative capitalism perspective: Overview of main arguments The future of the global monetary system