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Reflections on the economics and politics of international economic organizations

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  • Krause, Lawrence B.
  • Nye, Joseph S.

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International organizations, it is sometimes said, are always designed to prevent the last war. An analogous problem besets economic institutions. The inability of some existing international economic organizations to deal with the current problems in their domains is all too apparent. Two of the institutional pillars of the postwar Bretton Woods system, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. (GATT), were shaken in 1971 and are still suffering from severe malaise. The political and economic conditions that led to their formation at the end of the Second World War have changed, calling into question the political and intellectual foundation upon which they were constructed. In the aftermath of the 1973 energy crisis, meetings of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and a special session of the General Assembly have been the scene of demands by poor countries for a new economic order, but the meaning of the phrase has been ambiguous and the formula has impeded rather than promoted agreement.

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  • Krause, Lawrence B. & Nye, Joseph S., 1975. "Reflections on the economics and politics of international economic organizations," International Organization, Cambridge University Press, vol. 29(1), pages 323-342, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:intorg:v:29:y:1975:i:01:p:323-342_01
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    1. Mark A. Boyer, 1989. "Trading Public Goods in the Western Alliance System," Journal of Conflict Resolution, Peace Science Society (International), vol. 33(4), pages 700-727, December.
    2. Roland Vaubel, 1986. "A public choice approach to international organization," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 51(1), pages 39-57, January.
    3. Daniel Bar-Tal & Dan Jacobson & Tali Freund, 1995. "Security Feelings among Jewish Settlers in The Occupied Territories," Journal of Conflict Resolution, Peace Science Society (International), vol. 39(2), pages 353-377, June.

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