. @M_Avaro starts today's #oxeshgradseminar on GBP in the Bretton Woods period with a suitably undead
image #econhist #EconTwitter

. @B_Eichengreen and colleagues have argued that Bretton Woods was a multipolar monetary world. Several currency zones. #oxeshgradseminar #econhist #EconTwitter
. @M_Avaro argues that there had already been a shift away from
by the end of WWI, so central banks that could shift away did. However,
pressured Commonwealth countries to remain in the
area. #oxeshgradseminar #econhist #EconTwitter



New data on
holdings for different countries sketches out the durability and then decline of GBP. #oxeshgradseminar #econhist #EconTwitter

Why does @M_Avaro call
a
currency? There were two devaluations and frequent deficits after WWII. Mediocre macro performance and decline of London as a financial center (rise of NYC, capital controls, competition from Paris, Berlin). #oxeshgradseminar #econhist #EconTwitter


The
worked to control the activities of
area members, e.g. through exchange controls with non-members.
receipts (oil sales, development loans) had to be exchanged for
! #oxeshgradseminar #econhist #EconTwitter





