TY  - BOOK
AU  - Karmin,Craig
TI  - Biography of the dollar: how the mighty buck conquered the world and why it's under siege
SN  - 9780307339867
AV  - HG 540 K18b 2008
U1  - 332.4/973 
PY  - 2008///
CY  - New York
PB  - Crown Business
KW  - Dollar, American
KW  - Foreign exchange
KW  - International finance
KW  - Dólar Americano
KW  - Tipos de cambio
KW  - Finanzas internacionales
KW  - 20150300
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-251) and index; Fishing in the two-and-a-half trillion dollar pond -- Blowing up the money factory -- More sound than the pound, and good as gold -- The triumphs and travails of a dollar colony -- The dollar's buyers of last resort -- An end to America's extraordinary privelege?
N2  - Examines the green-back's history, allure, and unique role as a catalyst for globalization, and how the American buck became so almighty that $ became perhaps the most powerful symbol on earth. But will the buck be eclipsed by the euro or even China's renminbi? Should Americans worry when the value of the mighty U.S. dollar sinks to par with the Canadian "loonie"?--From publisher's description
ER  -