Exorbitant Privilege: The Rise and Fall of the Dollar

ISBN-13: 9780199596713 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 192 str.

Barry Eichengreen

Opis

Barry Eichengreen traces the rise of the dollar to international prominence. He shows how the greenback dominated internationally in the second half of the 20th century for the same reasons that the United States dominated the global economy.

Recenzje

Timely.. elegant and pithy.

O autorze

Barry Eichengreen is Professor of Political Science and Economics at the University of California, Berkeley. His previous books include The European Economy Since 1945, Global Imbalances and the Lessons of Bretton Woods, Capital Flows and Crises, and Financial Crises and What to Do About Them. He has written for the Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, Foreign Affairs, and other publications.