The sterling area – part I

The article outlines the origins and the developments of the sterling area from the beginning of the last century to the eve of World War II. The author stresses the crucial events and the successive stages which transformed a mere set of commercial and financial connexions in a currency system in t...

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Published in:PSL Quarterly Review
Main Author: D. WIGHTMAN
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associazione Economia civile 2014-09-01
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Online Access:https://rosa.uniroma1.it/rosa04/psl_quarterly_review/article/view/12697
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Summary:The article outlines the origins and the developments of the sterling area from the beginning of the last century to the eve of World War II. The author stresses the crucial events and the successive stages which transformed a mere set of commercial and financial connexions in a currency system in the nineteen thirties. “The pressing needs of war made it necessary to give the system statutory definition and subject it to a systemic regulation.”    JEL: E42
ISSN:2037-3635
2037-3643