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The Unanchored Central Banker
Inflation and interest rates through the prism of demography, A.I., China, and stablecoins.
 • Jame DiBiasio
Unchained: Brendan Greeley's "Almighty Dollar"
The dollar's fate is mostly beyond the will or reach of the United States.
 • Jame DiBiasio
De-dollarization debate: Barry Eichengreen's "Money Beyond Borders"
Barry Eichengreen provides a definitive account of international currency regimes, from ancient Athens to today's budding competition between Beijing…
 • Jame DiBiasio
No kidding: Rogoff's "Our Dollar, Your Problem"
Kenneth Rogoff's new book argues for dollar fragmentation, not displacement.
 • Jame DiBiasio
Global revolution: Sven Beckert's "Capitalism"
Thinking about digital finance’s frontier as part of the biggest story of human existence.
 • Jame DiBiasio
Twilight or Dawn? Viktor Shvets’ case for CBDCs
A blueprint for the West seems better suited to China.
 • Jame DiBiasio
Pressure ratchet: Edward Fishman’s “Chokepoints”
When a company or a government has leverage over you, they'll use it.
 • Jame DiBiasio
Crash: Andrew Ross Sorkin’s “1929”
This thrilling account of history's greatest stock market crash is scarily relevant, but in surprising ways.
 • Jame DiBiasio
Ends meet: Carl B. Frey’s “How Progress Ends”
What does it mean to argue that both the US and China are in decline?
 • Jame DiBiasio
AI Radicalism: Sangeet Paul Choudary's "Reshuffle"
It isn't about automation. It's about coordination.
 • Jame DiBiasio
Renovation on hold: Dan Wang's "Breakneck"
A fascinating if flawed analysis of the China-America dryad.
 • Jame DiBiasio
Nothing to see here: Eva Dou's "House of Huawei"
An intriguing look at China's greatest tech company, and what we still don't know.
 • Jame DiBiasio
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