Talk:International monetary system/Archives/2013

Good article?
This should be nominated as a good article - Alice (talk) 04:04, 11 April 2009 (UTC)


 * A few quick comments (and see WP:GACR for GA criteria)
 * Lead unformatted (no bolding of title)
 * First image uncaptioned (is it just decorative, or logo of something, or ...?)
 * Intro needs links (eg Bretton Woods)
 * Copyediting needed - two missing apostrophes in 1870-1914 section, non-standard naming of World War I (and unlinked), last sentence of section has a spelling mistake, an informal "wasn't", and a different rendering of WWI.
 * Is it about the world, or Europe/N.America? "The world benefited..."- references? Examples given are two European groups.
 * Haven't read the rest (makes my head spin!), but it looks as if it needs a bit more work before a GA nomination. PamD (talk) 22:36, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks Pam.  I added a reference for the opening sentence of the 1870-1914 section.  The world economy was euro-centric in that period and its fair to say that colonies and other trading partners benefited economically from the close integration and greater trade it facilitates with millions being lifted out of subsistence agriculture.  The article makes increasing references to non European countries as it progresses.FeydHuxtable (talk) 10:09, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

query
"During WWI countries had abandoned the gold standard, and most returned to it only briefly -" is that many, most or every?  Ϣere Spiel  Chequers  12:46, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
 * thanks for the query, its every countries except the US according to the accounts i've read, have added this to the article and more specific details are in the gold standard main article. FeydHuxtable (talk) 17:32, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Historical Overview
Great new section and great pics. But there so many that at least with IE it causes probelms with the text display. If we want all those pics maybe we could make a montage as per Rio de Janeiro? FeydHuxtable (talk) 12:03, 9 July 2009 (UTC)


 * (For reference, it refers to this revision)
 * You’re too kind… (and thanks for your further elaboration!)
 * Good point about the pictures being a bit over-the-top – I’ve made a montage at File:International money montage.jpg and added it to the page; how do y’all like it?
 * —Nils von Barth (nbarth) (talk) 15:33, 9 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Im loving it, bang on the money! FeydHuxtable (talk) 16:29, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

Manmohan Singh pic
Not sure what the issue is with this pic? Firstly, the rules on OR are relaxed on pics so sources arent necessarily required. However until recently there was a source on the article from the | Indian Times talking about the impact Singh had at the G20. Or here's a link to the | Financial Times where arguably the worlds no 1 financial journalist Martin Wolf says there is no one he respects more than Mr Singh. That said if anyone doesnt like the image, ive no issue with an alternative being used. It would be nice if it maintains the visual balance of the article, and to help reflect the shift of financial power away from the West it these past few decades it would be good if it could relate to a Bric country. A pic of Zhou Xiaochuan would be especially nice if one is available. But please dont remove the image without replacing it and thus spoiling the ascetics of the article! FeydHuxtable (talk) 16:08, 1 September 2009 (UTC)
 * The issue is that the picture is out of place. The section is on the call for new Bretton Woods, and I couldn't find a single article on Mr. Singh calling for it.  If Mr. Singh's picture is justified, then I don't see why a picture of Mr. Kim Jong-il is not also justified.  Besides, you are right, It'd be better to have a picture of someone from a country that has made a real impact during this crisis, or at the 2008 G20 summit, or who actually called for a new Monetary System, instead of this arbitrarily placed image. By78 (talk) 23:23, 6 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Per your suggestion, I tried to find an image of Ma Xiaochuan, but I couldn't find any that did not have restrictive copyright. I have instead displaced the picture of Mr. Singh with a picture of Mr. Hu (the president of PRC).  However, I do believe it's just as approriate, if not more so, to have a picture of Mr. Sarkozy instead, as he was the most vocal in calling for reforms of the International Monetary Systems.  If not, a picture of Gordon Brown would also be fitting, as he called for reforms as well.  The point is, for this section, we ought to post pictures of IMPORTANT world leaders from countries that actually called for reforms. Just my two cents. By78 (talk) 23:45, 6 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks, the Mr. Hu pic looks good.  As there was already a pic relating to China, Id rather have kept the M Singh pic,  but Im not going to edit war. As long as no one tries to add a pic for Frenchman! FeydHuxtable (talk) 15:56, 8 September 2009 (UTC)


 * I would also prefer the picture of a PM who is an economist as well for IMS page.Bcs09 (talk) 09:23, 13 September 2009 (UTC)


 * A new image of G-20 world leaders has been added. Seems more suitable rather than single leaders.Bcs09 (talk) 17:07, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

potential resource
When Currencies Collapse; Will We Replay the 1930s or the 1970s? by Barry Eichengreen in January/February 2012 Foreign Affairs issue; excerpt ... See United States public debt and United States Treasury security 99.181.131.214 (talk) 02:51, 13 January 2012 (UTC)