Future of global currency the euro versus the dollar

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Life at the top: international currencies in the twenty-first century -- The euro and transatlantic relations -- EMU and the dollar: who threatens whom? -- Global currency rivalry: can the euro ever challenge the dollar? -- Enlargement and the international role of the euro -- The euro in a global context: challenges and capacities -- Dollar dominance, euro aspirations: recipe for discord? -- A one-and-a-half currency system -- Toward a leaderless currency system -- The international monetary system: diffusion and ambiguity.