Bringing together a number of interdisciplinary experts, Nation-States and Money provides a very topical, varied perspective on the past and possible future between money and nation-states.

This is demonstrated in case studies of four systemically significant currencies, namely, those of Australia, Canada, Mexico and Norway.

From the brightest minds in the field—a revealing look at how countries use their currencies to achieve prosperity . . . and the coming repercussions Bloomberg Television's Sara Eisen sheds light on the complex global financial system ...

This book should also be of interest to scholars, government officials, and others interested in the future of international monetary affairs."--Robert Gilpin, Princeton University "This book is an outstanding addition to the literature.

Works treating economic and monetary issues from a cultural perspective are few and far apart, and this book aims to contribute to such a perspective with a variety of approaches.

During long periods of history, countries have pegged their currencies to an international standard (such as gold or the U.S. dollar), severely restricting their ability to create money and affect output, prices, or government revenue.

In this book, Benjamin J. Cohen asks what this new geography of money reveals about financial and political power. Cohen shows how recent changes in the geography of money challenge state sovereignty.

Revised and enl. German translation published in 1977 under title: Entnationalisierung des Geldes. Label mounted on page 1 of cover: Transatlantic Arts, Levittown, N.Y., sole distributor for the U.S.A. Bibliography: p. 103-107.

Robert Mundell's pioneering theory of optimum currency areas is revisited, with experts from the IMF, the BIS, the European Investment Bank, academia, European think tanks, and the Bank of Israel looking at its current practical ...

The essays are unique in that they specify precisely the rules of the game for each international monetary regime - past, present, and future.