TY - BOOK ID - 84538806 TI - American in the Shadows : Harry Dexter White and the Design of the International Monetary Fund PY - 2006 SN - 1462393209 1452762260 1282391917 9786613820341 1451908024 PB - Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, DB - UniCat KW - International finance. KW - International Monetary Fund. KW - White, Harry Dexter, -- 1892-1948. KW - Investments: Metals KW - Exports and Imports KW - Foreign Exchange KW - Money and Monetary Policy KW - History of Thought: Individuals KW - International Monetary Arrangements and Institutions KW - Metals and Metal Products KW - Cement KW - Glass KW - Ceramics KW - Monetary Systems KW - Standards KW - Regimes KW - Government and the Monetary System KW - Payment Systems KW - International Investment KW - Long-term Capital Movements KW - Investment & securities KW - Monetary economics KW - International economics KW - Currency KW - Foreign exchange KW - Gold KW - Currencies KW - Capital flows KW - Capital controls KW - Commodities KW - Money KW - Balance of payments KW - Capital movements KW - United States UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:84538806 AB - Two economists designed the main features of the charter of the IMF during World War II: John Maynard Keynes and Harry Dexter White. Several of those features are attributable primarily to White, including the adoption of fixed but adjustable exchange rates, the funding of operations with national currencies deposited by member states, extending credits through currency swaps rather than conventional loans, making these credits subject to policy conditions, and encouraging members to retain capital controls as an option for use in difficult circumstances. This study of archival material helps to uncover White's role in this design process. ER -