The IPE of Money Revisited

Session Submission Type: Roundtable

Session Description

How should we study the international political economy (IPE) of money? A deep comprehension of international monetary and financial relations would seem essential in an era of rising discontent. However, in a recent survey of scholarship over recent decades (“The IPE of Money Revisited,” Review of International Political Economy, August 2017), Benjamin Cohen expressed considerable disappointment with how the study of money has evolved, sparking strong criticism from, among others, Stephen Chaudoin and Helen Milner. Disagreement extends to matters of both substance and methodology. The aim of this panel is to extend the debate in hopes of clarifying many of the questions at issue. Has the field of study become too fragmented? Has research put too much emphasis on domestic variables at the expense of systemic considerations? Has prevailing methodology helped or hindered the search for understanding? And what, ultimately, is the purpose of monetary studies in IPE? The panel will take the form of a roundtable including Cohen, Chaudoin, and Milner along with three other specialists representing a broad range of scholarly traditions.

Sub Unit

• DIVISION 16: International Political Economy

Chair

• David A. Lake University of California, San Diego

Presenters

• Stephen Chaudoin Harvard University

• Benjamin Jerry Cohen University of California, Santa Barbara

• Helen V. Milner Princeton University

• Layna Mosley University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

• Anastasia Nesvetailova City, University of London

• Thomas Oatley Tulane University