 | The Future of the Dollar Subjects: Dollar American; Monetary policy -- United States; Monetary policy; Foreign exchange; Currency question; International finance; 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... 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 Government at Cornell University. He is the author of Appeasing Bankers and Currency and Coercion , and is the editor of Monetary Orders , also from Cornell. |
