Exorbitant Privilege The Rise and Fall of the Dollar and the Future of the International Monetary System

Name: Exorbitant Privilege The Rise and Fall of the Dollar and the Future of the International Monetary System
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ISBN: 9780199753789

ISBN-10: 0199753784

ISBN-13: 9780199753789

Edition: 2010

Authors: Barry Eichengreen

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For more than half a century, the U.S. dollar has been the single most important currency, not just in the United States but globally. When the greenback became the leading international currency after World War II, this reinforced America's status one of the mightiest economic powers in world history. However, recent events have raised serious doubts about the future of the dollar. Among these have been the effects of the Great Recession in the U.S.: high unemployment, record federal deficits, and unprecedented financial distress. So profound has been the impact on the esteem in which the dollar is held that some say it may soon cease to be the world's standard currency--which could…

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List price: $29.99
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/7/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 240
Size: 9.40" wide x 6.40" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Barry Eichengreen is George C. Pardee and Helen N. Pardee Professor of Economics and Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of Capital Flows and Crises (MIT Press, 2002) and other books.




Introduction



Debut



Dominance



Rivalry



Crisis



Monopoly No More



Dollar Crash


Notes


References


Acknowledgments


Index