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Baron Robert Triffin

Robert Triffin was a Belgian economist best known for his critique of the Bretton Woods system of fixed currency exchange rates. His critique became known later as Triffin's dilemma.He helped to develop the European Monetary System.

Views

A fundamental reform of the international monetary system has long been overdue. Its necessity and urgency are further highlighted today by the imminent threat to the once mighty U.S. dollar.

Religion

Confession: African Gospel Church

Membership

  • World Academy Art and Sci.

  • American Academy Arts and Scis.

  • American Economic Association ( vice president 1967-68)
    1967 - 1968

  • Council Foreign Relations

Personality

Interests

Other interests: Theatre

Works

  • Monopolistic Competition and General Equilibrium Theory, 1940. book
  • "National central banking and the international economy", 1947, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System. Report
  • Europe and the Money Muddle, 1957. book
  • Gold and the Dollar Crisis: The future of convertibility, 1960. book
  • Statistics of Sources and Uses of Finance, 1948-1958, with Stuvel et al., 1960. book
  • "Intégration économique européenne et politique monetaire", 1960, Revue Econ Politique article
  • The Evolution of the International Monetary System: historical appraisal and future perspectives, 1964. book
  • The World Money Maze: National currencies in international payments, 1966. book
  • Our International Monetary System: Yesterday, today and tomorrow, 1968. book
  • "The Thrust of History in International Monetary Reform", 1969, Foreign Affairs paper
  • "The Use of SDR Finance for Collectively Agreed Purposes", BNLQR paper
  • "The international role and fate of the dollar", 1978, Foreign Affairs Report
  • "The European Monetary System: Tombstone or cornerstone?", in: The international monetary system: forty years after Bretton Woods. Proceedings of a conference held at Bretton Woods, N.H., May 1984, 1984 paper
  • "The future of the European Monetary System and the ECU", 1984, CEPS Papers article
  • " The international accounts of the United States and their impact upon the rest of the world", 1985, BNLQR peper
  • "Une Banque Monétaire Européenne avec des fonctions de banque centrale, 1986, Répères, Bulletin Économique et Financier article
  • "The IP Multimedia Subsystem (International Monetary System... or Scandal?) and the Express Mail Service (European Monetary System)", 1987, BNLQR article
  • "The European Monetary System in the World Economy", 1989, Rivista di politica economica" paper
  • "The International Monetary System : 1949-1989", 1990, ECU Newsletter Torino. paper

Connections

  • Mother: Celine
  • Father: Francois
Born October 5, 1911
Died February 23, 1993
(aged 81)
Nationality
Ethnicity
  • 1929 - 1933
    studied at Louvain University, Bachelor of Philosophy
  • 1933 - 1934
    studied at Louvain University, Droit, DR
  • 1935 - 1938
    studied at Harvard University, doctorate degree (Doctor of Philosophy)
  • 1938 - 1938
    studied at Harvard University, Econs., Master of Arts
  • 1938 - 1938
    studied at Harvard University, Econs., Doctor of Philosophy
  • 1939 - 1942
    instructor, Harvard University
  • 1942 - 1946
    United States Federal Reserve System
  • 1946 - 1948
    International Monetary Fund
  • 1948 - 1951
    Organisation for European Economic Co-operation (now the Organization of European Cooperation and Development)
  • 1951 - 1977
    professor of economics , Yale University
  • 1970 - 1970
    studied at Louvain University, causa, DR
  • 1976 - 1976
    studied at University New Haven, DOCTORATE
  • 1982 - 1982
    studied at American College Switzerland, DOCTORATE
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