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McDowell piece on dollar's central role in global payments published

Mar 3, 2020

Global Monetary Order and the Liberal Order Debate

Carla Norrlof, Paul Poast, Benjamin J. Cohen, Sabreena Croteau, Aashna Khanna, Daniel McDowell, Hongying Wang & W. Kindred Winecoff

International Studies Perspectives, March 2020

Daniel McDowell

Daniel McDowell


"Payments Power: The Overlooked Role of the Dollar as the Top International Payments Currency," written by Daniel McDowell and included in the article "Global Monetary Order and the Liberal Order Debate," was published in International Studies Perspectives. McDowell considers the role of the US dollar as the top international payments currency and how dominance in this arena is an important power resource for the United States. 03/03/20