TY - BOOK AU - Mandel,Ernest TI - Decline of the dollar: a Marxist view of the monetary crisis AV - HG 255 .M293 1972 U1 - 332.4/5 PY - 1972/// CY - New York PB - Monad Press ; distributed by Pathfinder Press Inc. KW - Money KW - International finance KW - Currency question KW - Monetary policy N1 - Includes chronology of significant economic events in the 20th century and a glossary of terms; Includes bibliographical references (pages 116-123); Part I: Wilson's quid pro quo with world imperialism -- De Gaulle doesn't know it but the golden days of capitalism are over -- The pound sterling bows out as the queen of moneys -- The dollar crisis I -- The dollar crisis II -- The international monetary crisis -- The crisis of the French franc -- The devaluation of the French franc -- Revaluation of the deutsche Mark -- The world economic situation -- The open decline of the dollar -- The deepening crisis of the imperialist system -- The downfall of the dollar -- The monetary crisis continues; Part II: The crisis of the international monetary system N2 - "This collection of essays, written between 1964 and 1971, analyzes each successive stage in the deepening crisis of the international monetary system. Mandel offers an impressively clear explanation of a complex topic. Probing below the immediate causes of monetary upheavals, he demonstrates how they reflect broader economic, social, and political problems." -- From the back cover UR - https://archive.org/details/declineofdollarm0000mand ER -