Drawing on a mix of economic history, network science, and sociology, "Currency Wars" provides a rich understanding of the increasing threats to U.S. national security, from dollar devaluation to collapse in the European periphery, failed states in Africa, Chinese neomercantilism, Russian...

Money is the game changer -- China's extraordinary, but still unfinished transformation -- A financially repressed economy -- China: a trading nation without an international currency -- Living with a 'dwarf' currency -- Creating an international currency -- Building a market for the renminbi --...

Preface -- A historical prologue -- Currency concepts -- Capital account opening -- The exchange rate regime -- The RMB goes global -- Reserve currency -- The mirage of safety -- Could China stumble? -- Rising global influence -- Conclusion