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Money & global power

Why is the U.S. dollar the world's main reserve currency?

Depth, law, habit — and what would actually have to change.

What this covers

  • What a reserve currency is used for day to day
  • Why market depth and legal predictability matter more than politics
  • How previous reserve-currency transitions happened, and how slowly
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