Financial Cold War

Financial Cold War

A View of Sino-US Relations from the Financial Markets

Fok, James A.

John Wiley & Sons Inc

01/2022

512

Dura

Inglês

9781119862765

15 a 20 dias

884

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Preface xi

Acknowledgements xix

Abbreviations xxiii

Chapter 1 Introduction 1

Legacy of the GFC 5

Modern History of Sino-US Relations 6

The Financial Roots of Sino-US Conflict 11

The Financial Path Out of Conflict 15

Part One The Colour Of Money Turns Green 17

Chapter 2 How the US Dollar Took Over the World 19

An Ad Hoc Position 21

The Barbarous Relic 24

Two Competing Plans 30

A British Innovation 34

The Coupon Express 36

Plumbing the World's Financial Markets 42

Niksonu Shokku 47

Volatility 51

'Risk Free' Assets 57

Boom and Bust 62

Chapter 3 Whose Problem? 65

The Unipolar Moment 69

The Almighty Mr. Market 74

Emerging Markets Crises 84

The Weakest Link 98

The Music Stops 102

Anyone for Tea? 108

A Tipping Point? 113

Part Two Capitalism With Chinese Characteristics 123

Chapter 4 From First World to Third and Back Again 125

Maritime Power 131

The Milk of Paradise 135

Wars and Revolutions 147

A Leap into the Abyss 156

Herding Cats 161

Crackdown 172

Journeys to the South 177

A New Path 181

The Bird's Nest 187

Chapter 5 Two Steps Forward, One Step Back 192

Going Public 197

The Protection Racket 206

The Price of Money 212

Still Building, But Will They Come? 221

Alien Attack 228

Who Will Look After Grandma? 237

Connecting China and the World 242

Can't Buy Me Love 262

Part Three The Financial Cold War 271

Chapter 6 A New Cold War? 273

A Close Call 277

Fly Me to the Moon 279

Tax Me If You Can 284

A War of Words? 291

Geo-economic

Warfare 294

Chapter 7 The Role of Markets in the 21st Century 307

Selective Efficiency 310

What Happens When Competition Dies 313

Wrong Incentives 318

Bubbles and Cycles 321

Funny Money 328

We're All in the Same Boat 342

Chapter 8 Avoiding the Thucydides Trap 343

Admitting the Problems 345

A New Bretton Woods? 350

MAD for Markets 362

It All Starts with Leadership 365

Afterword 369

Cast of Characters 381

Bibliography 399

Notes 423

Index 453
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<p>US-China relations; China-US relations; Sino-US tensions; China-US tensions; Financial Cold War; James A Fok; James Fok; US-China frictions US-China relationship; international relations; US international relations; China international relations; China tariffs; China trade war; US-China trade war; China trade tariffs; economic history; macroeconomics; banking; financial history; financial markets; financial bubbles; market structure; market infrastructure</p>