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Non-State Actors And The International Institutional Order: Central Bank Capture And The Globalization Of Monetary Amnesia, Timothy A. Canova

Timothy A. Canova

The role of private, non-state actors in the international institutional and legal order is often praised for providing greater pluralism, public participation and transparency in the formulation of legal norms. Often overlooked are the ways that non-state actors undermine the sovereignty and practical capabilities of nation-states to provide for the welfare and security of citizens.

The growth of global capital and currency markets, fueled and dominated by non-state actors, has undermined the ability of states to incur deficits or to otherwise stimulate their economies.

Non-state actors also shape today's global order by capturing the institutions of the state, contributing to …

American Wartime Values In Historical Perspective: Full-Employment Mobilization Or Business As Usual, Timothy A. Canova

Timothy A. Canova

This paper explores the range of values implicated by war and compares today's dominant values with those that prevailed during previous American wars, with a particular emphasis on the World War Two and early Cold War period. War is related to values, and as economists like to remind us, what we value becomes apparent in the movement of people and prices. Part I of this Article considers the moral, ethical and monetary values that prevailed throughout the 1940's and early 1950's. The normative threads that kept the World War Two effort on track were those of mobilization and shared sacrifice. …