The future of the dollar / edited by Eric Helleiner and Jonathan Kirshner. - Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, 2009. - xiv, 250 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. - Cornell paperbacks Cornell studies in money . - Cornell paperbacks Cornell studies in money .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The future of the dollar : whither the key currency? / Eric Helleiner and Jonathan Kirshner -- The enduring international preeminence of the dollar / Harold James -- U.S. current account deficits and the dollar standard's sustainability : a monetary approach / Ronald McKinnon -- Enduring top currency, fragile negotiated currency : politics and the dollar's international role / Eric Helleiner -- Housing finance, growth, and the U.S. dollar's surprising durability / Herman Schwartz -- From monopoly to oligopoly : lessons from the pre-1914 experience / Marcello de Cecco -- Toward a leaderless currency system / Benjamin J. Cohen -- Twenty-first century geopolitics and the erosion of the dollar order / David P. Calleo -- After the (relative) fall : dollar diminution and the consequences for American power / Jonathan Kirshner -- Summing up and looking ahead : the future of the future of the dollar / Eric Helleiner and Jonathan Kirshner.

For half a century, the United States has garnered substantial political and economic benefits as a result of the dollar's de facto role as a global currency. In recent years, however, the dollar's preponderant position in world markets has come under...

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Dollar, American.
Dólar estadounidense
Monetary policy--United States.
Politica monetaria--Estados Unidos
Monetary policy.
Foreign exchange.
Divisas extranjeras
Dólar americano.
Política monetaria.
Currency question.
Cuestión monetaria
International finance.
Finanzas internacionales

HG 540 / F996 2009

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