Financial Cold War: A View of Sino-US Relations From the Financial Markets

Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1 Introduction
	Legacy of the GFC
	Modern History of Sino-US Relations
	The Financial Roots of Sino-US Conflict
	The Financial Path Out of Conflict
Part One The Colour of Money Turns Green
	Chapter 2 How the US Dollar Took Over the World
		An Ad Hoc Position
		The Barbarous Relic
		Two Competing Plans
		A British Innovation
		The Coupon Express
		Plumbing the World’s Financial Markets
		Niksonu Shokku
		Volatility
		‘Risk Free’ Assets
		Boom and Bust
	Chapter 3 Whose Problem?
		The Unipolar Moment
		The Almighty Mr. Market
		Emerging Markets Crises
		The Weakest Link
		The Music Stops
		Anyone for Tea?
		A Tipping Point?
Part Two Capitalism with Chinese Characteristics
	Chapter 4 From First World to Third and Back Again
		Maritime Power
		The Milk of Paradise
		Wars and Revolutions
		A Leap into the Abyss
		Herding Cats
		Crackdown
		Journeys to the South
		A New Path
		The Bird’s Nest
	Chapter 5 Two Steps Forward, One Step Back
		Going Public
		The Protection Racket
		The Price of Money
		Still Building, But Will They Come?
		Alien Attack
		Who Will Look After Grandma?
		Connecting China and the World
		Can’t Buy Me Love
Part Three The Financial Cold War
	Chapter 6 A New Cold War?
		A Close Call
		Fly Me to the Moon
		Tax Me If You Can
		A War of Words?
		Geo-economic Warfare
	Chapter 7 The Role of Markets in the 21st Century
		Selective Efficiency
		What Happens When Competition Dies
		Wrong Incentives
		Bubbles and Cycles
		Funny Money
		We’re All in the Same Boat
	Chapter 8 Avoiding theThucydides Trap
		Admitting the Problems
		A New Bretton Woods?
		MAD for Markets
		It All Starts with Leadership
Afterword
Cast of Characters
Bibliography
Notes
	Preface
	Chapter 1: Introduction
	Chapter 2: How the US Dollar Took Over the World
	Chapter 3: Whose Problem?
	Chapter 4: From First World to Third and Back Again
	Chapter 5: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back
	Chapter 6: A New Cold War?
	Chapter 7: The Role of Markets in the 21st Century
	Chapter 8: Avoiding the Thucydides Trap
	Afterword
Index
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