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 Benjamin J. Cohen, Bretton Woods System
The Bretton Woods system is commonly understood to refer to the international monetary regime that prevailed from the end of World War II until the early 1970s.
The conference that gave birth to the system, held in the Amrican resort village of Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, was the culmination of some two and a half years of planning for postwar monetary reconstruction by the Treasuries of the United Kingdom and the United States.
Though multilateral in formal design, therefore, the Bretton Woods system in practice quickly became synonymous with a hegemonic monetary regime centered on the dollar, much in the same manner as the classical gold standard of the nineteenth century had come to be centered on Britain's pound sterling.
www.polsci.ucsb.edu /faculty/cohen/inpress/bretton.html   (4372 words)

  
 Wikinfo | Bretton Woods system   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The chief features of the Bretton Woods system were, first, an obligation for each country to maintain the exchange rate of its currency within a fixed value—plus or minus one percent—in terms of gold; and, secondly, the provision by the IMF of finance to bridge temporary payments imbalances.
The political bases for the Bretton Woods system are to be found in the confluence of several key conditions: the shared experiences of the Great Depression, the concentration of power in a small number of states, and the presence of a dominant power willing and able to assume a leadership role.
The planners at Bretton Woods hoped to avoid a repeat of the debacle of the 1930s, when exchange controls undermined the international payments system that was the basis for world trade.
www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Bretton_Woods_system   (9260 words)

  
 Bretton - Blessed John Bretton & Frances, his wife
What this particular John Bretton had done to merit the recognition of this appointment is not known, but clearly either he or his family was, at that time, of some importance and must have had friends in some of the highest families in the country.
John Bretton was executed at York on 1st April 1598 because of his faith, the culmination of many, many years of courage and steadfastness in the face of persecution, by both John Bretton and Frances, his wife.
John Bretton appears to have been the only martyr who suffered under this particular Act and his conviction as a “felon” meant that the penalty was death by hanging only, without the “drawing and quartering” used in cases of High Treason.
www.bretton.org /john_bretton.htm   (5475 words)

  
 Bretton Woods system - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Bretton Woods system of international monetary management established the rules for commercial and financial relations among the world's major industrial states.
As the Bretton Woods Conference convened, the relative advantages of the U.S. economy were undeniable.
On a far more profound level, as the Bretton Woods conference was convening, the greater part of the Third World remained politically and economically subordinate.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bretton_Woods_system   (9453 words)

  
 Bretton Woods: Birth and Breakdown - Global Policy Forum - Social and Economic Policy
It was a shift away from the tacit, convention-based cooperation of central bankers to a sweeping, rule-based, multilateral cooperation of states.
The era of flexible and floating exchange rates that followed the breakdown of the Bretton Woods exchange regime was not really a victory for the principle of national sovereignty as much as a triumph of US financial hegemony.
The IMF that was born at Bretton Woods was probably as much as Keynes could have hoped for.
www.globalpolicy.org /socecon/bwi-wto/2001/braithwa.htm   (2619 words)

  
 Bretton - The American Brettons
Little Bretton was explained as being the former “North Bretton” (of which we had never seen a mention) and it explained it as being in (near to) High Hoyland.
The Brettons and the Beaumonts were branches of the same Bretton ancestors in the distant past and the Beaumonts and the Crosslands inter-married.
Certainly a Bretton was involved in a deed of trust or “use” there from the Wentworths in the late 1400's and it is highly possible that they still retained some connection with it in the 1600's.
www.bretton.org /the_american_brettons.htm   (9137 words)

  
 Ski and Snowboard at Bretton Woods Ski Resort, New Hampshire
Bretton Woods is a relatively new ski area by New Hampshire standards, having been started in 1973.
Bretton Woods touts itself as a family ski resort and it really is. With one base area, it’s difficult to get lost, although at times in the deep woods, you might feel lost.
Bretton's Wood also is home to the Lumber Yard Terrain Park, which hosts a "freestyle frenzy" informal jam session every Friday night.
skisnowboard.com /brettonwoods/index.html   (700 words)

  
 Bretton Woods entry
In July 1944, in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, representatives of 44 nations met to establish the standards by which international trade and finance would be conducted once the Second World War had ended.
Bretton Woods was certainly not the only reason for this "miracle," especially in light of the fact that not all of its provisions (in particular, the convertibility obligations) were in full force until 1958 and that the impact of U.S. policy, especially the Marshall Plan, was undoubtedly greater than that of the World Bank.
Just as in Bretton Woods, events made it clear that fundamental disequilibria existed and that changes in either macroeconomic policies or pegged rates were necessary.
www.econ.tcu.edu /harvey/5133/bretton.html   (2338 words)

  
 Bretton Woods - Directions
Continue South 4 miles on Route 202 to Bretton Woods on your left.
Bretton Woods is 1/2 block in on your right.
Bretton Woods is 2 miles South on your left.
www.brettonwoods.net /directions.html   (426 words)

  
 University of Leeds | For the media | Press releases | Bretton and Wakefield review
Bretton activities should be relocated to the University’s main campus in Leeds, a report to academic development committee has concluded.
Bretton students are being assured they will complete courses they have embarked upon.
Bretton Hall College (of higher education) merged with the University in August 2001.
reporter.leeds.ac.uk /press_releases/current/bretton.htm   (917 words)

  
 Goski.com - Bretton Woods   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Bretton Woods Mountain Resort is located on Route 302 in Bretton Woods, NH, in the middle of the beautiful White Mountains.
The Mt. Washington Hotel, adjacent to the cross country center and across the street from the alpine area, is a luxurious throwback to hotels at the turn of the century.
Bretton Woods is a great mountain, it is a real family mountain with some challenge.
goski.com /resorts/bretton/resort_welcome.html?...&from=state&bc=RIR   (1085 words)

  
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Bretton Woods and the Golden Age of Capitalism
The World Bank and its sister organization, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), were created at Bretton Woods New Hampshire in 1944.
Together they are referred to as the Bretton Woods Institutions or BWIs.
www.mtholyoke.edu /courses/jchristi/econ100/bretton_woods.htm   (103 words)

  
 Bretton Woods
The North responded with pious declarations of its good intentions - but also with a hard nosed insistence that the proper forum for any economic forum continued to be the Bretton Woods institutions where they held the balance of power.
By the late 1 960s, however, the Bretton Woods dream of a stable monetary system of fixed exchange rates with the US dollar as the only international currency was collapsing under the strain of US trade and budgetary deficits.
And the Bretton Woods institutions themselves are coming under direct pressure from community activists and environmentalists calling for either their reform or outright abolition.
www.thirdworldtraveler.com /New_Global_Economy/Bretton_Woods_NI.html   (1076 words)

  
 LaRouche's New Bretton Woods in Itallian Parliament
President, it is well known that last year was the anniversary of the founding of the Bretton Woods system, with which, in 1944, the global economic and financial structure was planned.
Bretton Woods, despite certain monetarist conceptions, was first and foremost intended as a system for economic reconstruction, supported above all by the President of the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
All of this underscores the urgency of the needed move to LaRouche's New Bretton Woods.
www.schillerinstitute.org /economy/nbw/2005/NBW_italy_debate.html   (1088 words)

  
 Bretton Woods Ski Resort: OnTheSnow Overview of Bretton Woods New Hampshire
Bretton Woods fields a 1,500 foot vertical drop and 434 acres of terrain with nine lifts serving 101 trails and glades.
Despite all the fl diamond additions, Bretton Woods is still a family favorite, very modern in style, and is famous for hosting the International Monetary Conference of yore.
In addition to the terrain park on Bretton's Wood Trail, two new terrain parks will also be added to Rosebrook Meadow and Range View, for a total of three freestyle terrain areas.
www.onthesnow.com /NH/78   (309 words)

  
 Barbara Bretton - Wish You Were Here   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
When Mimi suffers a stroke and sets the house on fire, Joely feels obligated to go home and help Catherine take care of her.
Bretton, with her insightful observations, gets to the core of her characters in this novel about the many roles women play--wife, daughter, sister, mother, lover--whether by choice or by the force of circumstance.
When Joely Doyle was old enough she packed her bags, left home, and set out to create her own identity--away from the faded photographs of the father she never knew, and the faded dreams of her mother Mimi who waited forever thereafter for his return.
www.barbarabretton.com   (363 words)

  
 Bretton Woods
Ever-increasing pressures in the 1960s culminated in the collapse of the Bretton Woods system in 1971, and it was reluctantly replaced with a regime of floating exchange rates.
As the Bretton Woods system evolved, the reserves of most countries became a mixture of gold and dollars.
The collapse of the Bretton Woods system did not generate a chaos as did the collapse of the international gold standard in the 1930s.
www.econ.iastate.edu /classes/econ355/choi/bre.htm   (2870 words)

  
 Bretton Woods HOA
Bretton Woods is a quiet 168 home community nestled among the trees of a greenbelt.
Close to shopping, restaurants, and entertainment, Bretton Woods is a wonderful place to call home.
The purpose of this website is to insure that residents of Bretton Woods are kept well informed.
www.brettonwoodshoa.com /index.html   (202 words)

  
 Bretton Woods Rental - Condominium
Bretton Woods is a wonderful family resort in the Mount Washington Valley, and this charming two-bedroom condo is available for rent by weekend or by the week.
Bretton Woods is one of the top five ski areas in the East for snow, weather, service, scenery, lodging and on-mountain food, rated by Ski Magazine.
The legendary Mount Washington Hotel is only steps away, and a complimentary on-call shuttle will take you to the ski area, the Mount Washington hotel, the sports center, and several local restaurants.
www.vrbo.com /110060   (469 words)

  
 Is the New Bretton Woods Conceivable? -- Address by Michel Camdessus
In this age of sound bites, "Bretton Woods" has become almost synonymous with the fixed exchange rate system that prevailed from the time of the IMF's establishment until the abandonment of fixed rates in 1973.
This constitutes a major step toward the Bretton Woods goal of eliminating "foreign exchange restrictions which hamper the growth of world trade." Moreover, with more than 60 IMF members having also eliminated controls on capital transactions, international capital movements have become much freer than the founders of the Bretton Woods system had thought possible.
In this respect, to the extent that a "new" Bretton Woods is needed, it would be to re-establish the strong sense of purpose and determination that motivated the founders of the Bretton Woods system.
www.imf.org /external/np/sec/mds/1996/mds9601.htm   (3482 words)

  
 Bretton Woods New Hampshire Hotels & Motels - Save
Nestled in the heart of New Hampshire's Crawford Notch, amidst some of the highest peaks of the northeast, the Appalachian Mountain Clubs new Highland Center is now one of the regions premiere tr...
Nestled around the Mount Washington Resort*s perimeter are the distinctive Townhomes at Bretton Woods, which offer over 70 fully furnished units, ranging from one to five bedrooms.
The Lodge at Bretton Woods is your base for outdoor adventure in New Hampshire*s White Mountains.
www.travelforecaster.com /find_hotels/bretton_woods/nh/usa   (302 words)

  
 Bretton B Biography Reference
First, the Fed (no longer restrained by the Bretton Woods system) was increasing the...
She finished 11th in the ladies' B group in the 5000m.
Wilkins stepped in for Milan in the B final, where she and Derrick contributed...
www.iaswww.com /ODP/Reference/Biography/B/Bretton   (303 words)

  
 The Bretton Woods Committee :: Washington, DC
The Bretton Woods Committee seeks to increase understanding of the World Bank, IMF, WTO and the regional development banks (the so-called Bretton Woods institutions) and efforts to spur economic growth, alleviate poverty and improve financial stability.
The Committee builds public understanding of the Bretton Woods institutions; their role in the global economy; and current public policy issues relating to development, international finance and trade.
The Committee seeks ways to advance constructive reform proposals within the Bretton Woods institutions and provides a forum to ensure that outside voices and opinions are heard within the institutions.
www.brettonwoods.org   (167 words)

  
 LaRouche's New Bretton Woods System
The original Bretton Woods system came into being at a conference of 44 nations beginning on July 1, 1944, in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, convened on the initiative of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
After Roosevelt's death, unfortunately, his understanding of postwar economic policy was abandoned by successive Presidents (with the exception of John F. Kennedy), and the IMF and World Bank increasingly came to play the role of instruments of neo-colonial looting, on behalf of the British-based financier oligarchy.
LaRouche's New Bretton Woods economic policy, including resolutions introduced in the Senate of Italy, the European Parliament, the Commonwealth of Virginia, the Kentucky House of Representatives and the Alabama House of Representatives; therefore be it
www.schillerinstitute.org /economy/nbw/nbw.html   (3494 words)

  
 Postwar and Bretton Woods
In reaction, central banks, particularly in Europe, came out strongly in favour of keeping the BIS alive – it was, after all, their institution, not an institution in the hands of governments.
Central bank cooperation at the BIS between the end of the Second World War and the early 1970s focused on implementing and defending the Bretton Woods international monetary system, which was based on freely convertible currencies at fixed but adjustable exchange rates.
After 1958, the Bretton Woods system of freely convertible currencies at fixed exchange rates was fully operational.
www.bis.org /about/bretton_woods.htm   (551 words)

  
 CONFERENCE AT BRETTON WOODS
This Conference at Bretton Woods, representing nearly all the peoples of the world, has considered matters of international money and finance which are important for peace and prosperity.
The Conference has agreed on the problems needing attention, the measures which should be taken, and the forms of international cooperation or organization which are required.
The proposals formulated at the Conference for the establishment of the Fund and the Bank are now submitted, in accordance with the terms of the invitation, for consideration of the governments and people of the countries represented.
www.ibiblio.org /pha/policy/1944/440722a.html   (655 words)

  
 Bretton
Descend through the enclosed fields to a gate; go through this and cross the stile beyond, where you will see a particularly charming spring.
You now ramble through the birchwood to Bretton Brook, which you cross by plank bridges.
Ascend the bank via the (fairly steep) path, to a stile; continue upwards and onwards - the views should sustain you, should you be flagging at this stage - over a small stile and alongside the drystone wall to a signpost.
www.highpeak.co.uk /hp/hw_09bd.htm   (436 words)

  
 Bretton Woods Vacation Rentals, Bretton Woods Rentals, Condos, cabins, villas, cottages and vacation homes, , White ...
Bretton Woods Vacation Rentals can feature Condos, cabins, villas, cottages and vacation homes in Bretton Woods New Hampshire.
Bretton Woods Condos, cabins, villas, cottages and vacation homes in New Hampshire are an affordable vacation lodging option and are perfect to rent for family vacations, group travel, weddings, honeymoons, family reunions or anytime you want more space than a hotel room provides.
Many Bretton Woods Vacation Rentals may be pet friendly.
www.cyberrentals.com /Bretton-Woods/s/6396/fa/find.squery   (425 words)

  
 The Bretton Woods Committee
The Bretton Woods Committee was created in 1983 at the suggestion of two former Treasury officials - Secretary Henry Fowler and Deputy Secretary Charls Walker, a Democrat and a Republican.
This new mandate requires the active participation of opinion leaders from across the United States and around the world to ensure a global perspective.
The Bretton Woods Committee is a nonpartisan group of distinguished citizens dedicated to increasing understanding of the World Bank, IMF, WTO and the regional development banks (the so-called Bretton Woods institutions) and their efforts to spur economic growth, alleviate poverty and improve financial stability.
www.brettonwoods.org /about.html   (486 words)

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