Six books that tell the history of money
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尼尔·弗格森:“逐渐地,然后突然地”,美元会这样崩溃吗?尼尔弗格森 美国斯坦福大学胡佛研究所高级研究员 2023-05-02观察者网【文/尼尔·弗格森,译/刘啸云】...
In March 2009, in the midst of recession, then Treasury secretary Timothy Geithner was pressed to respond on the question of whether or not another currency—possibly the IMF’s special drawing rights (SDRs)—might displace the US dollar as the dominant global reserve currency.
If the US dollar and the IMF keep causing headaches, we may see countries imagining and building alternatives - but these will have their own problems.
As U.S. hegemony fades, the dollar has become the worst currency in the world — expect, of course, for all the others.