"Helleiner is able through the Canadian example to make an original and nuanced argument about the historically and politically contingent logic of exchange rate policies." Jacqueline Best, political studies, University of Ottawa "Helleiner pulls together a range of sources to provide a richer tapestry of the forces influencing the setting of policy. Towards North American Monetary Union? is likely to become a standard reference." Michael Bradfield, economics, Dalhousie University