Jeffry A. Frieden is professor of Government at Harvard University and the author of many books, including Debt, Development, and Democracy (Princeton).
The book is readable for both economists and political scientists. I recommend Currency Politics to both sets of scholars. Economists will learn about the political aspects of exchange-regime choice and political scientists about the economic aspects. --Lawrence H. Officer, EH.Net In Currency Politics, a quarter century of scholarly rumination has been distilled in one definitive treatment... His attention to detail is remarkable, and wherever the data permit, he backs his qualitative discussion with solid quantitative analysis... Readers unfamiliar with any of these episodes will find the treatment enlightening, even fascinating. --Benjamin J. Cohen, Journal of Economic Literature