The Destiny of the Dollar

Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Devaluation of the Dollar....Pages 1-8
Dollars, Gold or SDRs?....Pages 9-15
The Rise of the Dollar....Pages 16-24
The Reign of the Dollar....Pages 25-33
Decline of the Dollar’s Supremacy....Pages 34-41
Euro-dollars — A Source of Strength or Weakness?....Pages 42-50
The Approach of the Climax....Pages 51-60
Why not Devalue the Dollar?....Pages 61-70
‘Everybody Else Is Out Of Step’....Pages 71-77
‘Dollar-Imperialism’....Pages 78-88
The Case for Disinvestment....Pages 89-97
Some Political Considerations....Pages 98-103
Devaluation or Revaluations?....Pages 104-114
‘Too Late and Too Little?’....Pages 115-120
The Case Against the Floating Dollar....Pages 121-127
The Monetary Power Vacuum....Pages 128-136
Back to Economic Nationalism....Pages 137-144
Currency War or Compromise?....Pages 145-151
The British Plan....Pages 152-158
Pitfalls of the SDR Scheme....Pages 159-168
Is This the End of Bretton Woods?....Pages 169-177
We Must Have a Reserve Currency....Pages 178-184
Could the Dollar Regain Supremacy?....Pages 185-191
Back Matter....Pages 193-196