Why Hasn't The Dollar Fallen? | Lessons from Currency Historian Barry Eichengreen
Published: April 16, 2026
Duration: 1:16:32
Why has the dollar remained dominant despite rising debt, geopolitical strain, and growing challengers?
Barry Eichengreen joins Bankless to trace the history of global reserve currencies. From Spanish silver and the Byzantine solidus to sterling and the modern dollar, Barry explains the conditions that make a currency rise, endure, and eventually fall.
We explore fiscal discipline, rule of law, military power, gold, China, and crypto to understand what history suggests about the dollar’s future.
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