Table of Contents

• Introduction
• 1. Fiat Lucre: 1863–1907
• 2. Strong and Stronger: 1907–1928
• 3. Skulls and Bones: 1929–1944
• 4. The View from Mount Washington: 1944–1963
• 5. Floating, Floating . . . : 1963–1973
• 6. Petrodollars, Eurodollars and the Invincible Yen: 1973–1989
• 7. Bubble and Boil: 1990–2002
• 8. Be Nice to Your Creditors: 2003–
• Notes
• Acknowledgments
• Index

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With fascinating stories of money men, from Alexander Hamilton to Alan Greenspan and Ben Bernanke, and deft explanations of the ins and outs of monetary policy, Greenback Planet clarifies why the dollar rules the worldoand why that should frighten us all

About the Author

H. W. Brands is the Dickson Allen Anderson Centennial Professor of History at the University of Texas at Austin. He writes on American history and politics, with books including Traitor to His Class: The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Andrew Jackson, The Age of Gold, The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin, and TR. Several of his books have been bestsellers; Traitor to His Class and The First American were finalists for the Pulitzer Prize. Brands lectures frequently on historical and current events and appears on national and international television and radio programs.

Reviews

Praise for H. W. Brands: "Brands [is] on the path to becoming the preeminent popular historian of his generation... There is no denying [his] talent for clear, cogent, and uncluttered prose." Chicago Tribune "Exuberant... Entertaining, lively... Brands [is] a wonderfully skilled narrative historian." Los Angeles Times "In this history of the US dollar, Brands details the key episodes that contributed to the rise of the 'greenback' as the world's pre-eminent currency. He asks what lessons previous financial failures (and successes) hold for policymakers dealing with the fallout of the 2008 crisis." - Survival, June-July 2012