The Not-So-Mighty Dollar: The World’s Reserve Currency Won’t Easily Be Unseated
The Not-So-Mighty Dollar: The World’s Reserve Currency Won’t Easily Be Unseated The Future of the Dollar Eric Helleiner and Jonathan Kirshner, editors Cornell University Press 250 pages, hardcover ISBN...
View ArticleDislodging the Dollar Won’t be Easy
Dislodging the Dollar Won’t be Easy Read original article in The Globe and Mail The foundations of the world are shifting. The U.S. dollar, which forms the bedrock of three-quarters of all national...
View ArticleIn Germany, Europe’s Wider Crisis Becomes a Taboo
In Germany, Europe’s Wider Crisis Becomes a Taboo Berlin Here in the eye of the economic storm you will find what one Berlin analyst calls “a country in a state of denial.” Wealthy Germany, perched in...
View ArticleWill Europe’s currency tear itself apart?
Will Europe’s currency tear itself apart? The potential for a European monetary and political collapse is real, but it’s hard to imagine how it might unfold. In this panel discussion with three...
View ArticleAt the Brink of Disaster, Germany Retreats From Its European Role
At the Brink of Disaster, Germany Retreats From Its European Role London As Greece teeters on the edge of insolvency this week, worries about Europe’s ability to hold its currency union together have...
View ArticleThe $2-Trillion Reason Why Germans Buy the Myth of European Profligacy
The $2-Trillion Reason Why Germans Buy the Myth of European Profligacy Berlin When primary-school teacher Vanessa Kuhn-Baumann opens her pay statement every month, she thinks dark thoughts about Spain...
View ArticleGermany’s Euro-Crisis Dilemma: A Generation That Has Lost Interest in Europe
Germany’s Euro-Crisis Dilemma: A Generation That Has Lost Interest in Europe Berlin While other European capitals are full of angry protesters, in the sweltering German streets this week you’ll see...
View ArticleThe Bavarian Threat to Europe’s Future
The Bavarian Threat to Europe’s Future Munich Until now, it seemed that the greatest threats to the future of the euro were the collapsing economies of Greece, Italy, Spain and Ireland. But in recent...
View ArticleCould Saving the Euro Destroy Europe?
Could Saving the Euro Destroy Europe? That dire warning was given its strongest argument this weekend by billionaire financier George Soros, who echoes other observers in recent months in warning that...
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