Global imbalances and the evolving world economy / edited by Jane Sneddon Little. - Boston, Mass. : Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, c2008. - vi, 383 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - Conference series ; 51 . - Conference series (Federal Reserve Bank of Boston) ; no. 51. .

""This edited volume is based on a conference held in June 2006 by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.""

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Rebalancing act: global imbalances in a changing world / Box: the economic importance of the emerging giants / Dancing with giants: the geopolitics of East Asia in the twenty-first century / Lessons from history -- Losing our marbles in the new century? The great rebalancing in historical perspective / Comments / Comments / Labor market imbalances -- Labor market imbalances: shortages, surpluses, or what? Comments / Comments / The essential complements to capital -- Capital and its complements in economic growth / Comments / Comments/ Imbalances between savings and investment -- Understanding global imbalances / Comments / Comments / Adjustment mechanisms -- Interest rates, exchange rates, and international adjustments / Comments / Comments / Appropriate adjustment considerations and policies -- An Indian perspective on global imbalances and potential policy responses / Five policy-relevant observations and an epilogue for 2008 / Jane Sneddon Little -- Selva Bahar Baziki -- Stephen W. Bosworth -- Christopher M. Meissner and Alan M. Taylor -- Suzanne Berger -- John F. Helliwell -- Richard B. Freeman -- Surjit S. Bhalla -- Alan V. Deardorff -- J. Bradford DeLong -- Abhijit V. Banerjee -- Lixin Colin Xu -- Richard N. Cooper -- Guy Debelle -- Laurence J. Kotlikoff -- Michael P. Dooley, David Folkerts-Landau, and Peter M. Garber -- Catherine L. Mann -- Eswar S. Prasad -- Shankar Acharya -- The effects of globalization on inflation and the implications for monetary policy / Donald L. Kohn -- Lawrence H. Summers.

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