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Biography of the Dollar

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Written by Craig KarminAuthor Alerts: Random House will alert you to new works by Craig Karmin

  • Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
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  • Publisher: Crown Business
  • On Sale: February 26, 2008
  • Price: $25.95
  • ISBN: 978-0-307-33986-7 (0-307-33986-6)
Also available as an eBook and a trade paperback.
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"For decades the dollar has reigned supreme, so much so that many take it as part of the natural order. But we're in an era of rapid change and the dollar is not immune. Craig Karmin's Biography of the Dollar is an indispensable guide to understanding the way both the U.S. and the world economies work and the dollar's role in keeping the economic skids greased. Karmin's great skill is his ability to take what in lesser hands would seem like complex and opaque ideas and make them transparent, understandable and relevant, whether you are an entrepreneur, work in a Fortune 500 company or simply trying to understand what in the world is going on."
--Ram Charan, author of Know-How and co-author of Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done

"After 50 pages, I was able to hold my own discussing currency trading with a vice president at JP Morgan Chase. This is an incredible book that should be required reading for anyone whose future depends on understanding how the dollar is valued and manipulated. Whether you work in finance, travel internationally, or simply haven't been taught why the dollar rises or falls in relation to other currencies, read Biography of the Dollar now - or suffer the consequences."-Timothy Ferriss, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The 4-Hour Workweek