TY - BOOK AU - Eichengreen,Barry and Flandreau, Marc. TI - The gold standard in theory and history .: SN - 9780415150613 AV - HG 297. G63 PY - 1997/// CY - New York PB - Routledge N1 - Includes Index; Contents: Part I: The gold standard in theory -- On the balance of trade -- The working of the prewar gold standard -- How the gold standard worked, 1880-1913 -- A portfolio- balance model of the gold standard -- The gold standard as a rule -- Part II: The gold standard in history -- The significance of the gold points -- The myths and realities of the so-called gold standard -- Notes on the working of the gold standard before 1914 -- A gold standard since Alec Ford -- The dynamics of international monetary systems: International and domestic factors in the rise, reign, and demise of the classical gold standard -- Part III: The interwar gold exchange standard -- First interim report -- Report -- The gold exchange standard -- Part IV: Bretton Woods and after -- The gold- dollar system: conditions of equilibrium and the price of gold -- The Bretton woods system: paradise lost? -- Further reading -- Index ER -