1. 1The author is indebted to ProfessorsCHARLES P. KINDLEBERGER, and ROBERT TRIFFIN for helpful comments on an earlier draft of this paper.
2. 2MYRDAL GUNNAR , An International Economy , New York, Harper, 1956 , p.II . For a similar definition, cf. CHARLES KINDLEBERGER, "The United States and European Regional Economic Integration", Social Science, October 1959, pp.II -217 .
3. 3TRIFFIN ROBERT , "Convertibilite monetaire et integration economique ", Economie Appliquee, 1956 , pp.618 -658 .
4. 4F. HARTOG , "European Economic Integration: A Realistic Conception ", Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv, 1953 (2 ), p.165 .
5. 5MARJOLIN ROBERT , Europe and the United States in the World Economy , Durham, NC, Duke University Press, 1953 , p.41 .