Currency Politics

The Political Economy of Exchange Rate Policy

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  • A
  • comprehensive
  • analysis
  • of
  • the
  • politics
  • surrounding
  • exchange
  • rate
  • policies
  • in
  • the
  • global
  • economy—with
  • in-depth
  • case
  • studies.The
  • exchange
  • rate
  • is
  • the
  • most
  • important
  • price
  • in
  • any
  • nation’s
  • economy,
  • and
  • a
  • central
  • factor
  • in
  • the
  • global
  • economy.
  • Despite
  • the
  • critical
  • role
  • of
  • exchange
  • rate
  • policy,
  • there
  • are
  • few
  • definitive
  • explanations
  • of
  • why
  • governments
  • choose
  • the
  • currency
  • policies
  • they
  • do.
  • In
  • Currency
  • Politics,
  • Jeffrey
  • Frieden
  • combines
  • narrative
  • and
  • statistical
  • investigation
  • to
  • offer
  • an
  • enlightening
  • analysis
  • of
  • exchange
  • rate
  • policies
  • around
  • the
  • world.Many
  • industries
  • seek
  • to
  • influence
  • politicians
  • on
  • currency
  • policy.
  • Frieden
  • shows
  • how
  • each
  • industry’s
  • characteristics—including
  • its
  • exposure
  • to
  • currency
  • risk
  • and
  • the
  • price
  • effects
  • of
  • exchange
  • rate
  • movements—determine
  • their
  • policy
  • preferences.
  • Frieden
  • then
  • evaluates
  • the
  • accuracy
  • of
  • his
  • theoretical
  • arguments
  • in
  • a
  • variety
  • of
  • historical
  • and
  • geographical
  • settings.
  • He
  • looks
  • at
  • the
  • politics
  • of
  • the
  • gold
  • standard,
  • particularly
  • in
  • the
  • United
  • States,
  • and
  • he
  • examines
  • the
  • political
  • economy
  • of
  • European
  • monetary
  • integration.Frieden
  • also
  • analyzes
  • the
  • politics
  • of
  • Latin
  • American
  • currency
  • policy
  • over
  • the
  • past
  • forty
  • years,
  • and
  • focuses
  • on
  • the
  • daunting
  • currency
  • crises
  • that
  • have
  • frequently
  • debilitated
  • Latin
  • American
  • nations,
  • including
  • Mexico,
  • Argentina,
  • and Brazil.
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