Dollar primacy and American power: What's at stake?

Review of International Political Economy

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 418-438

  Kirshner, Jonathan ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Dollar dominance; Hegemony; International currency

Indexed keywords

EID: 48749133468     PISSN: 09692290     EISSN: 14664526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09692290801928798     Document Type: Review

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