The marvellous history of the dollar examines the green back's history, allure, and unique role as a catalyst for globalization, and how the American buck became so almighty that "$" is the most powerful symbol on earth. It also explores every aspect of its subject: the power of the Federal Reserve, the inner sanctums of foreign central banks that stockpile the currency, and the little-known circles of foreign exchange traders that determine a currency's worth. It traces the dollar's ascendancy from the world-changing Bretton Woods Conference. To tell its brilliant story, a prestigeous casting : - The dollar"s founders - Benjamin Franklin (100$) and Alexander Hamilton (10$) who funded the national debt and assumed state debts, Abraham Lincoln who establish the first paper currency to increase the money supply to pay for fighting the Civil War.... - New York Fed President Tim Geithner - Dominique Strauss Kahn, Director of the IMF.