Author: Paul Blustein
Release Date: 18 March 2025
Length: 320 pages
Genre: Nonfiction, International Economics & Monetary History

King Dollar: The Past and Future of the World’s Dominant Currency argues that, despite recurring predictions of its demise, the U.S. dollar’s global supremacy remains “almost impregnable,” barring catastrophic U.S. policy errors. Drawing on a century of monetary history, Blustein—an award-winning financial journalist—explains how post-war institutions, Fed crisis interventions, and America’s rule-of-law reputation entrenched the dollar, and why neither China’s renminbi nor cryptocurrencies are poised to dislodge it soon.