国际金本位体系对国际关系的影响

Effects of International Gold Standard System on International Relationships

金本位体系作为历史上第一个国际货币体系使西方列强获得了一种先发优势 ,从而使其进一步加强了对殖民地半殖民地国家的控制和剥削。一战前 ,这一体系主要反映英国的利益 ,延缓了英国霸权的衰落。 192 5年后虚弱不全的金本位体系不仅没能恢复一战前的“黄金时代” ,反而使国际经济和政治形势更加趋于动荡。此后 ,排他性货币集团的建立促进了二战策源地的形成 。

The gold standard system, the first international currency system in history, gained for western powers the advantage of taking the initiative and thus further tightened their control and exploitation of colonial and semi-colonial countries. Before WWⅠ, the system was mainly for the benefit of Great Britain and had postponed the decline of British hegemony. Since 1925, the frail system has not been able to return to its pre-war “golden age”. On the contrary, it has destabilized the international economic and political situations. After that, the establishment of exclusive currency blocs has led to the emergence of the hotbed of WWⅡ and, in a sense, accelerated the breakout of the war.