Bretton Woods

Introduction: Whilst the battle was still powering on in World War II, there were activities taking place on an international scale in hopes of rebuilding global capitalism. In July 1944, the United Nations Monetary and Financial conference was held. 730 delegates from the entire 44 allied nations attended the conference which was held at the now well renowned Mount Washington Hotel, Bretton Woods, New Hampshire U.S.A. With the problems incurred with the previous "beggar thy neighbour" …

…World Peace: January 1941-February 1946 Published by the Book Department, Army Information School, Carlisle Barracks, Pa., May 1946 Electronic Media: The Bretton Woods Committee http://www.brettonwoods.org accessed 6/9/05 The Bretton Woods System http://www.econ.iastate.edu/classes/econ355/choi/bre.htm accessed 6/9/05 Exchange-Rate Systems and Practices http://www.sp.uconn.edu/~cunning/boyes-ch22.pdf accessed 7/9/05 Lecture 7: Some History of Fixed Exchange Rate Regimes http://www.econ.ucdavis.edu/faculty/bergin/ECON160B/lec7160.pdf accessed 9/9/05