The Dollar Trap How The Us Dollar Tightened Its Grip On Global Finance
Eswar Prasad · Penguin
Eswar S. Prasad examines how the dollar came to have a central role in the world economy and demonstrates that it will remain the cornerstone of global finance for the foreseeable future. Marshalling a range of arguments and data, and drawing on the latest research, Prasad shows why it will be difficult to dislodge the dollar-centric system. With vast amounts of foreign financial capital locked up in dollar assets, including the US government securities, other countries now have a strong incentive to prevent a dollar crash. Prasad takes the reader through key contemporary issues in international finance-including the growing economic influence of emerging markets, the currency wars, the complexities of the China-US relationship, and the role of institutions like the International Monetary Fund-and offers new ideas for fixing the flawed monetary system. Readers are also given a rare look into some of the backdoor scheming that goes on in the corridors of international finance.The Dollar Trap offers a panoramic analysis of the fragile state of global finance and makes a compelling case that, despite all its flaws, the dollar will remain the ultimate safe-haven currency.
| ISBN-13 | 9780670087624 |
|---|---|
| Author | Eswar Prasad |
| Publisher | Penguin |
| Language | English |
| Binding | Hardcover |
| Pages | 432 |
| Year | 2014 |
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