CONTENTS -- FIGURES AND TABLES -- PREFACE -- CONTRIBUTORS -- THE FUTURE OF THE DOLLAR -- THE ENDURING INTERNATIONAL PREEMINENCE OF THE DOLLAR -- U. S. CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICITS AND THE DOLLAR STANDARD'S SUSTAINABILITY -- ENDURING TOP CURRENCY, FRAGILE NEGOTIATED CURRENCY -- HOUSING FINANCE, GROWTH, AND THE U. S. DOLLAR'S SURPRISING DURABILITY -- FROM MONOPOLY TO OLIGOPOLY -- TOWARD A LEADERLESS CURRENCY SYSTEM -- TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY GEOPOLITICS AND THE EROSION OF THE DOLLAR ORDER -- AFTER THE (RELATIVE) FALL -- SUMMING UP AND LOOKING AHEAD -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.