E pluribus unum -- Transplantation -- Choosing independence -- The transformation campaign -- The politics of European integration -- The trials of post-Soviet central bankers -- Paradise lost
Summary
This book explores the unsung revolutionary campaign to transform postcommunist central banks from command-economy cash cows into Western-style monetary guardians. It argues that a powerful transnational central banking community concentrated in Western Europe and North America integrated postcommunist central bankers into its network, shaped their ideas about the role of central banks, and helped them develop modern tools of central banking
Analysis
globalization, international finance, European Union, diffusion, international political economy, global financial crisis
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
English
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