4 The First Global Currency

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. 1 Introduction 1
5. Part I. What Came Before
6. 2 Aristotelian Beginnings 23
7. 3 Renaissance of Credit 49
8. 4 The First Global Currency 71
9. 5 Fiat Lux 84
10. 6 The World’s Banker 96
11. Part II. The Dollar’s World, and We Only Live in It
12. 7 Engineering an International Currency 127
13. 8 Dollar Dominance 153
14. 9 Meet the New Boss 178
15. Part III. What Comes Next
16. 10 Outside Options 205
17. 11 Our Currency, Our Problem 224
18. Acknowledgments 243
19. Notes 245
20. References 291
21. Index 323