got some bad news for anyone who voted for Trump because he promised to bring down prices www.ft.com/content/dd6d...

It's true & reflective of Trump's terrible economic policies, but it's also important to zoom out & remember that the level of the exchange rate is still near historic highs over the last two decades, & we've seen large-scale depreciations before that did not signal the end of dollar hegemony.

If the reasoning strikes you as tenuous--or (dare I say) moronic...

As the author of KING DOLLAR, which @B_Eichengreen would probably deem “Panglossian” for its conclusions, I guess I’d better say why I differ with him here. (Thread, first posted in the other place) www.wsj.com/finance/curr...

As the author of KING DOLLAR, which @B_Eichengreen would probably deem “Panglossian” for its conclusions, I guess I’d better say why I differ with him here. (Thread, first posted in the other place) www.wsj.com/finance/curr...

Thank you, @mariacrawford.bsky.social -- from my home in Japan, bowing as I type the words! (Eddie Fishman will hopefully find some other means of expressing his gratitude, since he's not in Japan.)

Term premium is the added compensation that investors demand for fear that appointees to a nominally independent central bank might withdraw or be fired on some pretext before the end of their term.

The adjectives used to laud my book are a tad less glowing than the ones used for Ken Rogoff's book and Eddie Fishman's book, but I'm not complaining! (And I'm honored to be in Ken and Eddie's distinguished company.) foreignpolicy.com/2025/08/22/t...

Look what came in the mail! Say, have you ever wondered what "To my grandchildren, whom I will always love unconditionally even if they grow up to like crypto" looks like in Korean? Well, now you know!

Most of you on this site who are even slightly interested in trade probably know already how trenchant @alanbeattie.bsky.social's work is, but this column is especially deserving of commendation.

An excellent article by @mcopelov.bsky.social, and I would say so even if it didn't include a nice shout-out for my book! www.msn.com/en-us/money/...

This can’t possibly be true—I’ve been told repeatedly that the market turmoil in April was a clear harbinger that dollar dominance is doomed. www.ft.com/content/6601...

How gratifying to learn that my work is read (and appreciated) by such a thoughtful and knowledgeable scholar! www.civitasinstitute.org/research/wil...

There is really no comparison in American history to the blatant corruption. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/o...

Democrats (and democrats) who are in bed with crypto, like Elissa Slotkin & Adam Schiff, are also directly supporting the unprecedented corruption & monetization of the presidency by the lawless authoritarian

Kind words, greatly appreciated, from Martin Wolf. I only wish there had been room to mention the dedication: "To my grandchildren, whom I will always love unconditionally, even if they grow up to like crypto."

Obrigado to Valor Econômico of Brazil for publishing this interview with me about my book. valor.globo.com/eu-e/noticia... Paywalled, and in Portuguese, but I'll bet everyone can understand the interviewer's translation of one of things I said about the dollar: "não há alternativas."

In Korean! From my home in Japan, I'm bowing to my computer screen as I type words of thanks to Korean readers, and I hope they'll enjoy the dedication: "To my grandchildren, whom I will always love unconditionally, even if they grow up to like crypto."

This is one of @pkrugman.bsky.social's best, which is really saying something. Read it and join him (and me) in teeth-gnashing. Take comfort in the high likelihood that the bursting of the bubble will destroy many of Big Crypto's malefactors--but sadly, ruin the livelihoods of countless others.

The sloppiness of the tariff letters is a measure of the White House's lack of interest in economics and disrespect to our trading partners. It's literally impossible to read these letters and know what the tariff rate is.

If I told you that President Trump just announced a 40% tariff on South Korea because he thinks BTS has too many members you wouldn’t know if I were joking, would you

If the EU and specifically the holdout France cannot see that RIGHT NOW THIS MOMENT is the time to ratify its trade deal with Mercosur they are absolutely utterly totally hopeless.

Translation: "Dear world leaders, it doesn't really matter whether your trade policies are 'fair' or not. I'm going to whack you with tariffs anytime I happen to feel like it." Over to you, China. Still going to abide by that "deal" on rare earths?

The absence of dad jokes if more than compensated for by the many pearls of wisdom.

I am not close to the MAGA administration and I can confirm that the president's "deals" are all theatrics.

Interviewed this morning on CNBC's Squawk Box Asia, I happily seized the opportunity to 1) flog my book, and 2) utter the phrase "Big Ugly Bill." www.cnbc.com/video/2025/0...

Regarding this laudatory review of my book, the publication in which it appears may have limited readership, but the reviewer knows a thing or two about the subject! spe.org.uk/reading-room...

If only life were always like this. I was listening to this podcast ("Coffee and Crypto"), as I often do, being a big fan of Duke's Lee Reiners, when out of the blue he gave an effusive shout-out to...this book! open.spotify.com/episode/6iF6...

hey look on the bright side: maybe after the housing market collapses because fannie mae was handing out mortgages based on a person's $fartcoin holdings you'll be able to afford a house

Whaddya know--KING DOLLAR is being read in high places! See ~57:00 in this vid. Not that I agree with his conclusions, as I hope will be obvious from the dedication: "To my grandchildren, whom I will always love unconditionally, even if they grow up to like crypto." www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihi_...

I was interviewed about KING DOLLAR for Barron's, which kindly furnished a non-paywalled version. And did I mention that KING DOLLAR was included on Martin Wolf's list of "Best economics books of summer 2025?" Oh, I did? Oops. Well, it bears repeating! www.barrons.com/articles/dol...

Thank you, Martin Wolf! From my home in Japan, bowing to my computer screen as I type the words. www.ft.com/content/5340...

As if I weren't already grateful to The International Economy magazine for hosting a splendid book party for KING DOLLAR at DC's Cosmos Club in March, their newly-published issue features an interview with me about the book! 🙏 www.international-economy.com

My cup runneth over www.coindesk.com/markets/2025...

Among Stan Fischer's many fine qualities was his capacity for self-deprecating humor. I well remember the twinkle in his eye as he told me about the episodes recounted in this article. RIP. www.economist.com/finance-and-...

Here's my interview about my book KING DOLLAR in L'actualité, a Canadian French-language magazine published in Montreal. My high school French teachers would be amazed to hear that I can understand most of it. lactualite.com/lactualite-a...

SCOOP: Trump to launch branded crypto wallet and trading application, encouraging his supporters to purchase his memecoin and other crypto assets. www.citationneeded.news/trump-crypto...

My book KING DOLLAR is lauded as “scholarly and readable” in the Times Literary Supplement by the great Edward Chancellor, who knows a thing or two about writing scholarly and readable books. www.the-tls.co.uk/politics-soc...

Based on spurious claims that US dollar dominance depends on mass issuance of stablecoins, Big Crypto is pushing stablecoin legislation thru Congress. Soon they'll be making similar claims for a "Strategic Bitcoin Reserve." Want to know how dumb this is? Have I got a book for you!

If only our conversation had afforded an opportunity for one of the hilarious dad jokes for which @rajakorman.bsky.social is justly famous. But in other respects, it was a great discussion, as I hope viewers will agree.

König Dollar! Here's a laudatory review of my book and Ken Rogoff's in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Not that I read German, but thanks to Google Translate I could see that it was quite positive. Danke Schön, FAZ! www.faz.net/aktuell/wirt...

King Dollar: The Past and Future of the World’s Dominant Currency — @paulblustein.bsky.social breaks down why the U.S. dollar remains dominant—and what could shake that power—in this #RhodesCenter book talk on King Dollar. (VIDEO)

Here I am flogging KING DOLLAR, my recently-published book, at the Ivy League! Specifically, I gave a keynote talk at a conference on dollar dominance at Brown University on May 2, just posted on Youtube. I gave a similar talk the day before at Princeton. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zgF...

Creating new dollars with relaxed oversight will keep America dominant in the field of creating new dollars with relaxed oversight

IMO, his Asian Crisis/Argentine Crisis back-to-back books are like the Blood on the Tracks/Desire of the genre.

Absolutely thrilled to announce a book talk with finance journalism legend Paul Blustein (us EM old-timers especially remember The Chastening & And the Money Kept Rolling In, among so many others) on his latest, King Dollar. May 21 from 11am-noon EST. Perfect timing! quincyinst.org/events/book-...

Nothing to see here, just the Middle East envoy's son traveling the world, hat in hand, accepting "investments" in a crypto project directly benefiting President Trump.

Squawk Box Asia had some good questions about the dollar and specifically my book on the subject, so I was happy to oblige! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9m6...

If only Ken Rogoff and I were advocates of the gold standard, this review of our books might have been glowing! But goldbugs we ain't. At least the review is...thought-provoking. www.wsj.com/arts-culture...

As the author of KING DOLLAR, a newly-published book that says dollar dominance “is almost impregnable…barring catastrophic missteps by the US government,” I must say I’m staggered by the flood of such missteps since Jan. 20, the latest doozy being Trump’s attack on the Fed. (1/7)