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Systemic Regulation Of Global Trade And Finance: A Tale Of Two Systems, R. Michael Gadbaw
Systemic Regulation Of Global Trade And Finance: A Tale Of Two Systems, R. Michael Gadbaw
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The recent financial crisis has put enormous strains on the global systems governing international finance and trade. These two important international regulatory systems, created after World War II to promote growth and stability in the global economy, were put to the test in ways unprecedented since the 1930s. This article seeks to analyze and compare their performance as systemic regulators in the course of the crisis and concludes that the trading system performed quite well while the financial system virtually collapsed. This article seeks to account for this difference by looking at the nature of the rules and the institutions …