The politics of economic institutions -- Financial regulation across borders -- International anarchy under one roof -- Messy multilateralism -- The Fed and the roles of central banks -- The pre-World War II rise of big government -- Interest groups, the state, and corporatism -- The World Bank, poverty, and violence -- Group choices: rock, scissors, paper -- The United Nations: a league of its own -- Exchange rates and the gold standard -- What caused the Great Depression? -- Higgledy piggledy: F.D.R.'s stimulus plan -- The Bank for International Settlements -- Intrigue at Bretton Woods: July 1944 -- The International Monetary Fund -- The Asian Development Bank -- The World Trade Organization -- The Euro -- The Great Recession: mismanaging risk -- After the recession: a bigger house of cards -- Banking supervision and the Basel Accords -- A unified Europe, and then Brexit -- A g-zero era of instability.
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