"[An] excellent book, by one of the world's leading economic journalists and authors."--Martin Wolf, Financial Times , "Best Summer Books of Summer 2025: Economics" "[A] fast-moving narrative."--James Grant, Wall Street Journal "Readers would do well to turn to Paul Blustein's King Dollar . a lively distillation of a complex topic."--Max Harris, Financial Times "Magisterial."--Edward Chancellor, Reuters "Blustein, as usual, presents a crisp, thoroughly researched and highly readable narrative."--Clive Crook, Bloomberg "Paul Blustein paints [the dollar's] picture with clarity and precision in his excellent new book."-- Foreign Policy "Impressively extensive and highly instructive (a stellar example of 'all you wanted to know about the dollar' in stripped-down form).
Enthusiastically recommended."--Ian Harwood, Society of Professional Economists "[Blustein] writes clearly and vividly on important issues that many might find esoteric, perhaps boring. If you are still unconvinced about the dollar remaining king, read this."--Stephen Grenville, Lowy Institute Interpreter "Highly readable. [Blustein] brings a seasoned reporter's sensibility to the subject."--Maurice Obstfeld, Project Syndicate Featured in Le Grand Continent 's Summer Reading List, 2025 "Masterful . accessible enough for any economist or citizen interested in understanding current debates on the role of the dollar . But it is rich enough in detail that even specialists with intimate knowledge of the workings of international finance will find something in its pages.
"-- Journal of Economic Literature "Few people write about international economic issues more clearly and entertainingly than Paul Blustein. In King Dollar he applies those skills to dismantling the ever-recurring arguments that the status of the dollar as the world's preeminent currency is under threat."--Liaquat Ahamed, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Lords of Finance "Economics may be the dismal science, but nobody told Paul Blustein. He has given us a lively and authoritative account of why the international dominance of the dollar could continue."--James M. Boughton, author of Harry White and the American Creed: How a Federal Bureaucrat Created the Modern Global Economy (and Failed to Get the Credit) "A must read for anyone worried about the future of the dollar in a world split by geopolitical rivalries and rapid innovations in currencies and payments systems."--Kristin Forbes, professor, MIT Sloan School of Management "In this sizzling account of why the dollar has survived, Paul Blustein spins a tale that reaches from nineteenth-century bank porters to the volatile Obama-Trump-Biden years. Blustein is the unrivaled master of making banking and money compelling, clear, and lively.
"--Roger Lowenstein, author of Ways and Means: Lincoln and His Cabinet and the Financing of the Civil War.