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The emergence of the euro as a possible challenger to the American dollar's hegemony raises a large number of interesting questions for the world's political economy. In recognition of this fact, an eponymous discussion symposium--the results of which Roy (European integration, U. of Miami) and Gomis-Porqueras (economics, U. of Miami) present in this volume--was convened to bring together academics and practitioners from the fields of economics, business, and politics in order to exchange ideas related to the general themes of the dollar and the euro as competing currencies in a globalized economy, European Union enlargement and its effects, the euro and dollar monetary policies, and risks and opportunities in Latin America and the Caribbean. Annotation 穢2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)