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Quasi-World Money and International Reserves

In: Analytical Gains of Geopolitical Economy

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  • George Labrinidis

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The purpose of this paper is to contribute to understanding modern monetary arrangements from a Marxist perspective that takes into account recent developments in the Marxist theory of world money. The paper treats the US dollar as aprimus inter paresquasi-world money and challenges the argument of US hegemony by exploring the behavior of major capitalist states and selected developing countries, the BRICS, in so far as their official international reserves are concerned. The findings reveal a clear pattern in the behavior of major capitalist states in terms of the size and form of their reserves with the variations in them implying a hierarchical structure of the corresponding quasi-world moneys. The analysis focuses on developed countries and treats them individually. The merit of this approach, distinctive in the literature on international reserves, is that it reveals the above-mentioned pattern which is blurred when Japan is included. The results imply that current international monetary arrangements reflect and promote multipolarity and competition on the geopolitical scene, the evolution of which is historical.

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  • George Labrinidis, 2016. "Quasi-World Money and International Reserves," Research in Political Economy, in: Analytical Gains of Geopolitical Economy, volume 30, pages 91-123, Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:rpeczz:s0161-72302015000030b004
    DOI: 10.1108/S0161-72302015000030B004
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    1. Labrinidis, George, 2018. "The roots of the Euro," MPRA Paper 86560, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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