The Central Bank and the Governments in the Shaping of Italy’s International Financial Policies from the End of Bretton Woods Through the Start of the 1980s, in Christine Bouneau and David Burigana (eds.), Experts and Expertise in Europe Since the 1960s. Organized Civil Society, Democracy and Political Decision-Making

This contribution aims to pinpoint the relationships between the Italian political system and the Italian monetary authorities within the framework of the country’s recurrent external disequilibria from the early 1970s through to the start of the 1980s. The focal point are major exchange rate and balance of payments adjustment programs promoted in the country.