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The Future of the Dollar
. Ed(S): Helleiner, Eric; Kirshner, Jonathan
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paperback. Editor(s): Helleiner, Eric; Kirshner, Jonathan. Series: Cornell Studies in Money. Num Pages: 272 pages, 19. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCBM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
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 challenge. The dollar has been more volatile than ever against foreign currencies, and various nations have switched to non-dollar instruments in their transactions. China and the Arab Gulf states continue to hold massive amounts of U.S. government obligations, in effect subsidizing U.S. current account deficits, and those holdings are a point of potential vulnerability for American policy.
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Series
Cornell Studies in Money
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801475610
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V9780801475610
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About . Ed(S): Helleiner, Eric; Kirshner, Jonathan
Eric Helleiner is Professor of Political Science and CIGI Chair in International Political Economy at the Balsillie School of International Affairs, University of Waterloo. He is the author of The Making of National Money and States and the Reemergence of Global Finance, and is coeditor of Economic Nationalism in a Globalizing World, all from Cornell. Jonathan Kirshner is Professor of ... Read more
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This book offers great value in presenting different approaches and views on the future of the dollar. And reading through a rather heterogeneous collection of contributions one cannot but agree with editors Helleiner and Kirshner that the field of dollar studies is so ridden with disagreements that it would be virtually impossible to conclude with a coherent, let alone common, ... Read more