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Prasad, corrected 1142014 chart 2 hanging in the dominance of the dollar as the global reserve currency has declined only modestly in the past decade. Eswar prasad is a professor in the dyson school at cornell university, a senior fellow at the brookings institution, and a research associate at the national bureau of economic research. Eswar prasads new book the dollar trap provides an excellent analysis of the role of the us dollar in the international monetary system. The author makes the case that the crisis has actually strengthened the dollars position.
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