Towards North American Monetary Union?
The Politics and History of Canada's Exchange Rate Regime
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press
- Initial publish date
- May 2006
- Subjects
- Money & Monetary Policy, General
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780773582408
- Publish Date
- May 2006
- List Price
- $34.95
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Description
Helleiner finds little support in the U.S. for the concessions that would be necessary to make a North American monetary union palatable in Canada. Comparing the U.S. Federal Reserve and the European Monetary Union, he argues that the influence of Canada within a North American monetary union would be far less than that of individual countries within the European community. He also considers the seemingly paradoxical support of Quebec sovereignists for free trade and monetary union.
About the author
Eric Helleiner is a chair of international public policy, Centre for International Governance Innovation, and associate professor, political science, University of Waterloo. He is the author of several books, including States and the Re-emergence of Global Finance and The Making of National Money: Territorial Currencies in Historical Perspective.