Before the Neoliberal Turn - (Palgrave Studies in Economic History) by Simone Selva (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

- In depth discussion of U.S. foreign economic policy- Charts the decline of the U.S. dollar on foreign exchange markets and its relation to US balance of payments- Charts prolonged failure of Washington's foreign economic policies to restore U.S. financial and monetary leadership.

From the Back Cover

This book pinpoints continuities and changes in U.S. foreign economic policy from the fixed exchange rate system of the 1960s through to the period between the two oil crises of the 1970s. Chapters pay close attention to the interconnectedness between the long lasting decline of the U.S. Dollar on foreign exchange markets and the U.S. balance of payments, transformations in international capital markets, and international oil developments. The book charts the prolonged failure of Washington's foreign economic policies to restore U.S. financial and monetary leadership through to the Carter Administration.

Review Quotes

"Selva's in-depth analysis of US finance policies a welcome addition to the scholarship in aiding understanding of the actors who have co-created the market for alternative fuels through subsidies, mandates and the much-hyped knowledge-based economy. ... Before the Neoliberal Turn is a valuable book for social scientists interested in the history of energy finance and American democracy." (Ayesha Umar, LSE Business Review, blogs.lse.ac.uk, April 28, 2019)

About the Author

Simone Selva is currently Research Fellow in the history of international economic relations at the University of Naples L'Orientale and visiting scholar at New York University. A former scholar at Harvard and Oxford Universities, he specializes in the process of international financial and monetary interdependence from Bretton Woods through the 1970s. He is the author of Supra-national integration and domestic economic growth: The United States and Italy in the Western Bloc Rearmament Programs, 1945-1955.