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Benjamin J. Cohen is the Louis G. Lancaster Professor of International Political Economy at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
An important contribution to our understanding of financial statecraft. This is not only the first comprehensive treatment of currency power, it is likely to remain the best such treatment for years to come. As such, the book is necessary reading for everyone interested in whether the dollar will remain at the top of the global currency pyramid as well as why retaining that status matters. --Thomas Oatley, Cambridge Review of International Affairs This analytic complexity makes Currency Power an important contribution to our understanding of financial statecraft. This is not only the first comprehensive treatment of currency power, it is likely to remain the best such treatment for years to come. As such, the book is necessary reading for everyone interested in whether the dollar will remain at the top of the global currency pyramid as well as why retaining that status matters. --Thomas Oatley, Cambridge Review of International Affairs The ideas are clearly explained and speak directly to a broad spectrum of the existing international political economy literature. --Choice
