Currency Statecraft: Monetary Rivalry and Geopolitical Ambition

by Benjamin J. Cohen

Book Overview

At any given time, a limited number of national currencies are used as instruments of international commerce, to settle foreign trade transactions or store value for investors and central banks. How countries whose currencies gain international appeal choose to use this status forms their strategy of currency statecraft. In different circumstances, issuing governments may welcome and promote the internationalization of their currency, tolerate it,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022658772X
• ISBN13: 9780226587721
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"