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France and the Bretton Woods International Monetary System 1960 to 1968

In: International Monetary Systems in Historical Perspective

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  • Michael D. Bordo
  • Dominique Simard
  • Eugene N. White

Abstract

France played a crucial role in the breakdown of the Bretton Woods international monetary system. Aggressive financial diplomacy coupled with the conversion of dollar holdings into gold weakened confidence in the dollar and helped to precipitate the collapse of fixed exchange rates. Most standard histories of the period find the motives behind these policies in President de Gaulle’s ‘anti-American’ political goals rather than any sound economic objectives. President de Gaulle is viewed as playing to French fears of encroachments on their autonomy.2

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  • Michael D. Bordo & Dominique Simard & Eugene N. White, 1995. "France and the Bretton Woods International Monetary System 1960 to 1968," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Jaime Reis (ed.), International Monetary Systems in Historical Perspective, chapter 7, pages 153-180, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-24220-7_8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-24220-7_8
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    1. Michael D. Bordo & Robert N. McCauley, 2019. "Triffin: Dilemma or Myth?," IMF Economic Review, Palgrave Macmillan;International Monetary Fund, vol. 67(4), pages 824-851, December.
    2. Michael Bordo & Harold James, 2012. "Reserves and Baskets," Open Economies Review, Springer, vol. 23(1), pages 113-127, February.
    3. Rockoff, Hugh & White, Eugene N., 2012. "Monetary Regimes and Policy on a Global Scale: The Oeuvre of Michael D. Bordo," MPRA Paper 49672, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised May 2013.
    4. Eugene N. White & Filippo Occhino & Kim Oosterlinck, 2007. "How Occupied France Financed Its Own Exploitation in World War II," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 97(2), pages 295-299, May.
    5. Corbet, Shaen & Larkin, Charles, 2022. "The effects of German economic and political progress on the Sparkassen savings bank system," Research in International Business and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 61(C).

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