Money And Empire: Charles P. Kindleberger And T... -

His retirement years, during which he wrote his best-known work, Manias, Panics, and Crashes , and his self-identified masterwork, A Financial History of Western Europe .

Mehrling highlights Kindleberger’s belief that the world is an "optimal currency area" where trade works best under a single currency—the U.S. dollar—rather than through international agreements or flexible exchange rates. Money and Empire: Charles P. Kindleberger and t...

His tenure at MIT, where he wrote the standard textbook on international economics and fought intellectual battles against both Monetarists and Keynesians. His retirement years, during which he wrote his