How Global Currencies Work av Barry Eichengreen, Arnaud Mehl, Livia Chitu

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<p><b>A powerful new understanding of global currency trends, including the rise of the Chinese yuan</b><br><br>At first glance, the modern history of the global economic system seems to support the long-held view that the leading world power¿s currency¿the British pound, the U.S. dollar, and perhaps someday the Chinese yuan¿invariably dominates international trade and finance. In <i>How Global Currencies Work</i>, three noted economists provide a reassessment of this history and the theories behind the conventional wisdom.<br><br>Offering a new history of global finance over the past two centuries, and marshaling extensive new data to test established theories of how global currencies work, Barry Eichengreen, Arnaud Mehl, and Livia Chit¿u argue for a new view, in which several national monies can share international currency status, and their importance can change rapidly. They demonstrate how changes in technology and in the structure of international trade and finance have reshaped