Overview
Exploring in depth the institutions that underpin the global economy, this study provides invaluable insights into why a minimum economic order has endured for so long and why states are unwilling to establish a maximum order, a global safety net for all. The author investigates how debt - a critical component of states’ infrastructure - leads to debilitating crises, and how these crises undermine the economic autonomy and political independence of states. A must read for those who wish to understand how the world economic order operates and impacts the well-being of individuals and entire populations, this book is indispensable for professionals and students in the fields of law, political sciences and international relations and those who seek to understand why economic peace is, in many cases, beyond our reach.
Full Product Details
Author: Elli Louka
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Imprint: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 9781839102677
ISBN 10: 1839102675
Pages: 416
Publication Date: 20 April 2020
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
'It all comes together in Louka's extraordinarily lucid, accessible and realistic account of the structure and workings of the global political-economic system. Her book is rich in descriptions of key institutions and in contemporary and historic examples. Louka's deconstruction of the global law-making process and the regulatory initiatives of the key international institutions as well as her recommendations for securing minimum order in the system are refreshingly feasible and reasonable.' -- Michael Reisman, Yale Law School, US 'In this book, Elli Louka reassesses a collection of key issues that shape the international law and politics of the financial and monetary system, such as the making of economic policy, economic strategies of states, global economic conflicts, truces and peace, and global bodies, societies and guilds. The analysis is thoughtful and provocative which makes The Global Economic Order a most valuable and important contribution to financial and monetary system governance literature.' -- Julien Chaisse, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
'It all comes together in Louka's extraordinarily lucid, accessible and realistic account of the structure and workings of the global political-economic system. Her book is rich in descriptions of key institutions and in contemporary and historic examples. Louka's deconstruction of the global law-making process and the regulatory initiatives of the key international institutions as well as her recommendations for securing minimum order in the system are refreshingly feasible and reasonable.' -- Michael Reisman, Yale Law School, US 'In this volume, Elli Louka reassesses a collection of key issues that shape the international law and politics of the financial and monetary system, such as the making of economic policy, economic strategies of states, global economic conflicts, truces and peace, and global bodies, societies and guilds. The analysis is thoughtful and provocative which makes The Global Economic Order a most valuable and important contribution to financial and monetary system governance literature.' -- Julien Chaisse, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
Author Information
Elli Louka, President, Law-in-Action, US
