{"product_id":"9780674297357-meddlers","title":"The Meddlers","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSovereignty, Empire, and the Birth of Global Economic Governance\u003cbr\u003eWhile the birth of global economic governance is conventionally dated to the end of World War II, Jamie Martin shows how its roots lie in World War I and its aftermath. \u003ci\u003eThe Meddlers\u003c\/i\u003e explores the intense political struggles about sovereignty and self-governance provoked by the first attempts to govern global capitalism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Martin’s impressive new book, \u003ci\u003eThe Meddlers,\u003c\/i\u003e considers the League of Nations and other interwar precursors of ‘neutral’ institutions of \u003ci\u003edoux commerce\u003c\/i\u003e to show how closely the ‘birth of global economic governance’ was entangled with empire.” —David Priestland, \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Few standard accounts of international economic history hold up to scrutiny in Jamie Martin’s bold history of economic governance.” —Dina Gusejnova, \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Meddlers\u003c\/i\u003e is an eye-opening, essential new history that places our international financial institutions in the transition from a world defined by empire to one of nation states enmeshed in the world economy.” \u003cbr\u003e—Adam Tooze, Columbia University \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInstitutions like the International Monetary Fund and World Bank exert enormous influence over the domestic policies of many states. While they were created in the aftermath of World War II, if we want to understand their deeper origins and the ideas and dynamics that shaped their controversial powers, we must turn back to the explosive political struggles that attended the birth of global economic governance in the early twentieth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Meddlers\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of the first international institutions to preside over the world economy, including the League of Nations and Bank for International Settlements, created after World War I. These institutions endowed European and American bankers, colonial authorities, and civil servants with extraordinary powers: to enforce austerity, coordinate the policies of independent central banks, oversee development programs, and regulate commodity prices. Martin shows how the challenges that institutions like the IMF pose to democracy today first emerged during a period of imperial competition and war at the beginning of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55415213556086,"sku":"9780674297357","price":18.08,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_41145092_94068435-d6ac-40e9-a085-c2ed0f2f1f1a.jpg?v=1778120222","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780674297357-meddlers","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}