The Bretton-Woods-System and it's Historical Backdrop

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2012 im Fachbereich Geschichte - Sonstiges, Note: 14, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Observing this todays financial crisis one might find it hard to believe that only about sixty years ago we had a financial world order that was founded on the idea that finance has to be the “servant“ (Gardner 76) of the economy and of society as a whole. The ...