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Ce sacré dollar

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  • Patrick Allard

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[fre] Tout à la fois monnaie des États-Unis, monnaie universelle et monnaie de la principale économie mondiale, le dollar n'est pas dissociable de la puissance américaine. Il en est l'un des attributs les plus visibles dans le monde. Pour beaucoup, le dollar, imposé au reste du monde pour servir les intérêts hégémoniques ou impérialistes des États-Unis, est le symbole, le résultat, voire la cause, de cette puissance. Aussi, pour des raisons mêlant tous les registres de la connaissance et des passions, le dollar reste-t-il, par-delà les ans et les systèmes monétaires internationaux, à la fois objet de désir et de répulsion, rejeté mais utilisé, ostracisé mais thésaurisé, dénoncé mais élu par les mêmes acteurs, qu'ils s'agissent de pays, d'hommes politiques, d'experts, d'investisseurs, d'entrepreneurs ou de simples particuliers. . Classification JEL : F33, F55, F59, N1, N2 [eng] That Damned Dollar . Both the US currency and a universal mean of exchange, the US dollar is closely bound to US power. Indeed, it is one of the most visible attributes of the former. To many, the dollar is forced upon the rest of the world to serve US hegemonistic or imperialistic interests and it either is a symbol, a consequence or the cause of US power. As such, for reasons mixing every register of knowledge and passion, the dollar has remained, across times and changing international monetary systems, simultaneously an object of desire and repulsion, as widely rejected as it is used, ostracized but hoard, denounced but chosen, by the same actors, be they States, politicians, academics, investors, businessmen or laymen. . Classification JEL : F33, F55, F59, N1, N2

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  • Patrick Allard, 2009. "Ce sacré dollar," Revue d'Économie Financière, Programme National Persée, vol. 94(1), pages 55-79.
  • Handle: RePEc:prs:recofi:ecofi_0987-3368_2009_num_94_1_5292
    DOI: 10.3406/ecofi.2009.5292
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    • F33 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - International Monetary Arrangements and Institutions
    • F55 - International Economics - - International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy - - - International Institutional Arrangements
    • F59 - International Economics - - International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy - - - Other
    • N1 - Economic History - - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Industrial Structure; Growth; Fluctuations
    • N2 - Economic History - - Financial Markets and Institutions
    • F33 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - International Monetary Arrangements and Institutions
    • F55 - International Economics - - International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy - - - International Institutional Arrangements
    • F59 - International Economics - - International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy - - - Other
    • N1 - Economic History - - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Industrial Structure; Growth; Fluctuations
    • N2 - Economic History - - Financial Markets and Institutions

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