In this brilliant book, Rogoff warns that the primacy of the dollar is at risk.Martin Wolf, Financial Times, Best Summer Books of 2025: Economics
[ Rogoffs] autobiographical element nicely enhances the sometimes technical (but always accessible) monetary story.James Grant, Wall Street Journal
One of [ Rogoffs] past books presciently warned about the dangers of a financial crisis. [ His new book] Our Dollar, Your Problem worries that we are jeopardizing the dollars pivotal role in the global economy. That should matter to all Americans.Fareed Zakaria, Washington Post
The central argument of Our Dollar, Your Problemthat the greenbacks pre-eminence was never guaranteed and might plausibly be overturnedcould hardly be more timely.The Economist
A well-written, often surprisingly lively book.Bill Emmott, Financial Times
Kenneth Rogoffs book shows that change is unstoppable, that we should expect the unexpected.Kristalina Georgieva in Wall Street Journal, Who Read What in 2025
[ Rogoffs new book is] very well timed. . . . Its a history of dollar dominancehow we built it, the challenges to it, and a warning, written before the Trump administration, that the rest of the world was already beginning to look for exits from it.Ezra Klein, Ezra Klein Show (podcast)
Rogoff . . . skillfully blends personal narrative with a compelling account of advances in international macroeconomics, a field he has helped define.Maurice Obstfeld, Project Syndicate
An invaluable resource.Ian Bremmer, via LinkedIn
Rogoff has wrestled with the dollar question for almost half a century. . . . [ He provides] a serious argument that the dollars days of dominance are over.Howard Davies, Literary Review
A lucid and sometimes laconic narrative of international economics.Stephen Grenville, The Interpreter
An accessible analysis of looming challenges to economic stability.Francis Ghiles, Arab Weekly
An excellent overview of the evolution of the world economy during the last seven decades, and a warning against complacency.Ivo Maes, Central Banking
Provides both timely analysis and timeless insights. . . . Essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the forces shaping the global monetary system.Maximilian Magnacca, Society of Professional Economists
A rare and valuable read.Kim Yutae, Maeil Business Newspaper
Incredibly timely.Piotr Rosik, Obserwator Finansowy (Poland)
Offers a clear-eyed reassessment of the greenbacks role in the international monetary system.ebnem Kalemli-Özcan, Project Syndicate
Theres arguably no one better to take on the topic. . . . [ Rogoff] uses his personal experience and observations to chart the challenges facing Americasand the worldscurrency, and the consequences for global financial stability.Spears
Genuinely readable and engaging, helped along by anecdotes from his own policymaking experience that both clarify the arguments and make them feel concrete and accessible to a much broader audience.Jason Furman, Five Books
Finalist in the PROSE Awards Economics category, sponsored by the AAP
Ken Rogoff is one of the worlds leading experts on international finance. In this book he combines his wide experience as a policymaker, academic, and observer of the global economy to provide a fascinating and accessible analysis of looming challenges to economic and financial stability.Ben Bernanke, former chair, Federal Reserve
Rogoff delivers a grandmaster performance, providing compelling insight into the history and future of dollar dominance.Magnus Carlsen
Before he became an economist, Rogoff was a chess grandmaster. Here he reveals that he has become the dismal sciences wittiest and most engaging writer.Niall Ferguson, author of The Ascent of Money
Rogoff brilliantly describes the dominance of the dollar across time and space, its contenders, and the limits to its immortality, weaving in his personal experiences which makes for a delightful read.Gita Gopinath, first deputy managing director, International Monetary Fund
Rogoff aptly demonstrates that American dollar dominance was neither inevitable nor guaranteed to continuebut rather that it depends on America not abandoning the responsibility that comes with its privileged position and getting its fiscal house in order.Garry Kasparov, author of Winter Is Coming Will the U.S. dollar maintain its dominance? With unmatched wisdom and experience, Ken Rogoff unpacks this critical question in this masterful book.Atif Mian, author of House of Debt Part magisterial analysis of global finance, part autobiography of one of the great economists of our times, Our Dollar, Your Problem is both educative and lively at the same time.Raghuram Rajan, author of The Third Pillar A tour de forceKen Rogoff pairs delightful personal anecdotes with a sweeping portrait of the international monetary system. Rogoffs prescient view on the possibly shrinking dollar is certainly not to be taken lightly.Hélène Rey, Lord Bagri Professor of Economics at London Business School A must-read.Nouriel Roubini, coauthor of Crisis Economics
