Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. FIGURES AND TABLES ix
4. PREFACE xi
5. CONTRIBUTORS xiii
6. 1. The Future of the Dollar:Whither the Key Currency? 1
7. 2. The Enduring International Preeminence of the Dollar 24
8. 3. U.S. Current Account Deficits and the Dollar Standard’s Sustainability: A Monetary Approach 45
9. 4. Enduring Top Currency, Fragile Negotiated Currency: Politics and the Dollar’s International Role 69
10. 5. Housing Finance, Growth, and the U.S. Dollar’s Surprising Durability 88
11. 6. From Monopoly to Oligopoly: Lessons from the Pre-1914 Experience 116
12. 7. Toward a Leaderless Currency System 142
13. 8. Twenty-First Century Geopolitics and the Erosion of the Dollar Order 164
14. 9. After the (Relative) Fall: Dollar Diminution and the Consequences for American Power 191
15. 10. Summing Up and Looking Ahead: The Future of the Future of the Dollar 216
16. REFERENCES 229
17. INDEX 247