1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910461353803321

Autore

Cohen Benjamin J.

Titolo

The future of global currency : the euro versus the dollar / / Benjamin J. Cohen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-283-15146-4

9786613151469

1-136-84589-5

0-203-83380-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Disciplina

332.4/94

Soggetti

Euro

Dollar

International finance

Electronic books.

European Union countries Foreign economic relations

United States Foreign economic relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. The global currency system -- pt. 2. The euro challenge -- pt. 3. Glimpses of the future.

Sommario/riassunto

Can the euro challenge the supremacy of the U.S. dollar as a global currency? From the time Europe's joint money was born, many have predicted that it would soon achieve parity with the dollar or possibly even surpass it. In reality, however, the euro has remained firmly planted in the dollar's shadow. The essays collected in this volume explain why. Because of America's external deficits and looming foreign debt, the dollar can never be as dominant as it once was. But Europe's money is unable to mount an effective challenge. The euro suffers from a number of critical structural deficiencie