Background
Cohen, Benjamin Jerry was born on June 5, 1937 in Ossining, New York, United States. Son of Abraham and Rachel (Grossman) Cohen.
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The traditional assumption holds that the territory of money coincides precisely with the political frontiers of each nation state: France has the franc, the United Kingdom has the pound, the United States has the dollar. But the disparity between that simple mental landscape and the actual organization of currency spaces has grown in recent years, as territorial boundaries of individual states limit currency circulation less and less. Many currencies are used outside their "home" country for transactions either between nations or within foreign states. In this book, Benjamin J. Cohen asks what this new geography of money reveals about financial and political power. Cohen shows how recent changes in the geography of money challenge state sovereignty. He examines the role of money and the scope of cross-border currency competition in today's world. Drawing on new work in geography and network theory to explain the new spatial organization of monetary relations, Cohen suggests that international relations, political as well as economic, are being dramatically reshaped by the increasing interpenetration of national monetary spaces. This process, he explains, generates tensions and insecurities as well as opportunities for cooperation.
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Cohen, Benjamin Jerry was born on June 5, 1937 in Ossining, New York, United States. Son of Abraham and Rachel (Grossman) Cohen.
Bachelor, Columbia University, 1959. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1963.
Economist, Federal Reserve Bank New York, 1962-1964; assistant professor economics, Princeton (New Jersey) U., 1964-1971; associate professor, Tufts U. Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Medford, Massachusetts, 1971-1978; William L. Clayton professor International Economics Affairs, Fletcher School Law and Diplomacy Tufts U., Medford, Massachusetts, 1978-1991; Louis G. Lancaster professor International Political Economy, University of California, Santa Barbara, since 1991.
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Member American Economic Association, American Political Science Association, Council Foreign Relations, International Studies Association, Pacific Council International Policy.
Married Jane DeHart, September 20, 1986.