Contents: Preface -- Overview -- Part I. What Caused the 2008-9 Global Crisis?: 1. The world economy and the 2008-9 crisis -- 2. The real causes of the crisis -- 3. Financial deregulation and the housing bubble -- 4. What's wrong with the Eurozone -- 5. Why China's reserves rose so much -- Part II. A Win-Win Path to Recovery: 6. Infrastructure investments: beyond Keynesianism -- 7. A massive global infrastructure initiative -- Part III. How Poor Countries Can Catch up: Flying Geese and Leading Dragons: 8. The mystery of the great divergence -- 9. The mechanics and benefits of structural change -- 10. Lessons from the failures and successes of structural transformation -- 11. Unique opportunities for poor countries -- Part IV. Toward a Brave New World Monetary System: 12. The evolution of the international monetary system -- 13. Emerging pressures and policy challenges -- 14. (In)stability of the emerging multiple reserve currency system -- 15. The thinking behind the main reform proposals -- 16. Costs and benefits of major reform proposals -- 17. A proposal for a new global reserve currency: paper gold ('p-gold') -- 18. Why it still matters -- References -- Index

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