Book review: Ivo Maes, with Ilaria Pasotti, Robert Triffin: A Life (New York: Oxford University Press, 2021), pp. 262, $89 (hardcover). ISBN: 9780190081096

Adrien Faudot

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Abstract: Ivo Maes, a senior researcher at the National Bank of Belgium, has been studying the Belgium-born economist Robert Triffin for several years, and, in collaboration with his co-author Ilaria Pasotti , pulished a series of articles on the different aspect of his lifework. "Robert triffin, A life" develops several of them. The book countains six chapters, plus a brief four-page epilogue that draws a conclusion on Triffin's contributions. This six chapters follow a chronological order and correspond to triffin's main periods in life. This allows the reader to understand and explain the path taken by Triffin.

Keywords: Robert Triffin; biography; International Monetary System; European Payments Union; European Monetary System (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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Published in Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 2024, 42 (2), pp. 327-329. ⟨10.1017/S1053837223000342⟩

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DOI: 10.1017/S1053837223000342

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