When addressing issues of global finance, we are accustomed to thinking of money as effectively insular: each currency sovereign within the territorial frontiers of a single state or monetary union. In fact, cross-border currency competition has become increasingly prevalent. Money today is...

"In this timely book, Benjamin J. Cohen identifies and analyses a range of critical pathologies currently afflicting the field of international political economy (IPE) and offers remedies to restore the field's vitality. The book addresses the purpose of IPE as a field of study, highlighting the...

Is globalization leading us toward a world of fewer and fewer currencies and, consequently, simplified monetary management? Many specialists believe this is the case, as the territorial monopolies national governments have long claimed over money appears to be eroding. In The Future of Money,...

1. Life at the top : international currencies in the twenty-first century -- 2. The euro and transatlantic relations -- 3. EMU and the dollar : who threatens whom? -- 4. Global currency rivalry : can the euro ever challenge the dollar? -- 5. Enlargement and the international role of the euro --...

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Introduction -- 1. International Currency -- 2. Power Analysis -- 3. Monetary Power -- 4. From Currency to Power -- 5. From Power to Currency -- 6. Currency Competition Today -- 7. The Dollar: Power...

The political economy of monetary reform today (1976) -- Balance-of-payments financing : evolution of a regime (1982) -- The triad and the unholy trinity : lessons for the Pacific region (1993) -- Phoenix risen : the resurrection of global finance (1996) -- International debt and linkage...