The Myth of America's Decline: Leading the World Economy into The 1990s

Abstract

Introduction: Leadership or decline: America's choice Part I: Domestic and international sources of U>S> foreign economic policy: Purpose, policy and ideas: A choice-oriented perspective on American foreign economic policy Power, markets, institutions and society: Linking voluntarist concepts with international constraints Part II: Making Bretton Woods: The Bretton Woods agreements: A false start The Marshall Plan: Purpose and policy for prosperity Part III: Breaking Bretton Woods: Blaming Bretton Woods: Purpose and policy collapse Ending Bretton Woods: Cooperation without content Part IV: Restoring Bretton Woods?: Recession 1979-1982: Domestic policy adjustment and international conflict Rebound 1983-1985: Missed opportunity for International cooperation Retreat 1985-88: International cooperation without domestic adjustment Part V: The Limits of Bretton Woods: Managing East-West trade: Denial, detente and deterrence Conclusion: The Bretton Woods Policy Triad in the World Economy of the 1990s