Bayne, Nicholas (2011) The diplomacy of the financial crisis in context. The Hague journal of diplomacy, 6 (1-2). pp. 187-201. ISSN 1871-1901
- 10.1163/187119111X557373
Abstract
Until the 1980s, financial crises were caused by governments. But thereafter the private sector became the main culprit. The reforms introduced after the Asian crisis of the late 1990s were not properly implemented. Responsibility for financial stability became fragmented and the normal practices of economic diplomacy were abandoned. The crisis of 2007 thus caught governments unawares and obliged them to adopt extreme measures to avoid catastrophe. The decision-making that was associated with these measures gave more power to emerging markets through the G20. It ended the fragmentation of authority and achieved reasonable consistency of national, European and international financial reforms. It introduced stringent new rules in place of regulatory capture. But this progress was fragile: G7 members still tried to control the G20; the new reforms depended on national enforcement; and governments still needed too much from the banks to be able to discipline them completely. This crisis might be over, but it has left the seeds of the next one.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://www.brill.nl/hague-journal-diplomacy |
| Additional Information: | © 2011 Koninklijke Brill NV |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | central banks, finance ministries, financial crisis, Financial Stability Board, fragmentation of authority, future of banks, G20 summit, IMF, regulators |
| Library of Congress subject classification: | H Social Sciences > HG Finance J Political Science > JZ International relations |
| Sets: | Departments > International Relations |
| Rights: | http://www.lse.ac.uk/library/rights/LSERO.htm |
| URL: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/37523/ |
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