@techreport{NBERw4141,
 title = "Three Perspectives on the Bretton Woods System",
 author = "Barry Eichengreen",
 institution = "National Bureau of Economic Research",
 type = "Working Paper",
 series = "Working Paper Series",
 number = "4141",
 year = "1992",
 month = "August",
 URL = "http://www.nber.org/papers/w4141",
 abstract = {The twenty years that have passed since the collapse of the Bretton Woods System provide sufficient distance to safely assess the operation of the post-World War II international monetary system. This paper considers the history and historiography of Bretton Woods from three perspectives. First, I ask how the questions posed today about the operation of Bretton Woods differ from those asked twenty years ago. Second, I explore how today's answers to familiar questions differ from the answers offered in the past. Third, I examine the implications of Bretton Woods experience for international monetary reform.},
}