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Explore a comprehensive lecture from Kyoto University's Introduction to Social Economics series focusing on international economics, delivered by Associate Professor Ken Sakade from the Graduate School of Public Policy. Delve into the evolution of the global economic system from the Bretton Woods era through the Lehman Brothers collapse. Learn about the IMF system as a framework for policy coordination, examine the expectations and realities of floating exchange rates, and understand the initiation of macro policy coordination under the floating system. Analyze Reaganomics and the "twin deficits," international macro policy coordination, revisit Yoshikawa's "Money Defeat," and study the U.S. Treasury securities standard. The lecture, recorded on November 17, 2021, provides detailed timestamps for each topic, allowing for easy navigation through complex economic concepts and historical developments in international finance.