Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. ABBREVIATIONS ix
4. chapter 1 WITH GREAT POWER 1
5. chapter 2 FROM HUMBLE ORIGINS TO KING OF CURRENCIES 22
6. chapter 3 MAINTAINING THE THRONE, THROUGH THICK AND THIN 46
7. chapter 4 PRETENDERS TO THE THRONE 77
8. chapter 5 WEAPONIZATION 102
9. chapter 6 “OPEN AN ACCOUNT ON THE MOON— WE CAN GO AFTER THAT” 125
10. chapter 7 NEWFANGLEDNESS 146
11. chapter 8 TO CBDC OR NOT TO CBDC 165
12. chapter 9 ROARING IN THE TWENTIES 195
13. chapter 10 PUNCHES LANDED, PUNCHES PULLED 213
14. chapter 11 . . . COMES GREAT RESPONSIBILITY 230
15. AUTHOR’S NOTE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 251
16. NOTES 255
17. INDEX 293