Money Beyond Borders: Global Currencies from Croesus to Crypto

In Money Beyond Borders, Barry Eichengreen, the leading authority on international currencies, chronicles the entire history of cross-border currencies from the invention of coins in the seventh century BCE to cryptocurrencies today and central bank digital currencies tomorrow.

The book explains why the British pound dominated the international economy in the nineteenth century, why the dollar rose to the top during World War II, and puts the dollar's prospects in deep historical perspective while unpacking how global currencies have been shaped by political, economic, and technological forces.