Global Financial Warriors The Untold Story of International Finance in the Post-9/11 World

Name: Global Financial Warriors The Untold Story of International Finance in the Post-9/11 World
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ISBN: 9780393331158

ISBN-10: 0393331156

ISBN-13: 9780393331158

Edition: 2008

Authors: John B. Taylor

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Sworn in as head of the U.S. Treasury Department's international finance division just three months prior to 9/11, John B. Taylor soon found himself at the center of the war on terror. Global Financial Warriors takes you inside the White House Situation Room, to the meetings of the G7 finance ministers, and to cities worldwide as Taylor assembles a coalition to freeze terrorist assets, plans the financial reconstruction in Afghanistan, oversees the development of a new currency in Iraq, and deals with the spread of financial crises. From reforming the IMF and the World Bank to negotiating international agreements to reduce Iraq's debt by 80 percent and cancel the debt of very poor…

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List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/17/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 370
Size: 0.55" wide x 0.83" long x 0.09" tall
Weight: 1.012
Language: English



Preface


Prologue



The First Shot in the Global War on Terror



Financial Reconstruction in Afghanistan



Avoiding Global Financial Contagion



New Rules for the International Monetary Fund



Accountability at the World Bank and Beyond



Financial Diplomacy and the Turkish Option



A Plan for Financial Stability in Iraq



Iraq Achieves Financial Stability



Negotiating the Mother of All Debt Deals



Exchange Rate Diplomacy


Epilogue


Acknowledgments


Index