The dollar is almighty

Have you ever wondered why we can afford much more clothes than our grandfathers, but not the house in which to store it? Why can the price of gasoline double in a few months, and falls much slower? Why do the governments of certain countries ignore some terrible conflicts taking place on the planet, but are not embarrassed to intervene in others?
There is an economy behind all this.
Dharshini David invites us to follow the journey through the globe of one dollar.
Today, the US economy is less than a quarter of the world, but 87% of transactions contained in foreign currency are performed in the American currency - in dollars. After analyzing how the monetary exchange occurs - physical or digital - the author is trying to unravel that ball of financial transactions that determine our life in all its manifestations. Each of the chapters of this book is an important part of the puzzle, which clearly demonstrates how exactly our world functions, who actually possesses power and how it affects us.
Dharshini David - writer, economist and TV presenter. She started her career as a financial analyst at the HSBC bank. She worked for BBC, where she covered the topics of business, economics and problems of consumer society. Economic observer of the largest British television channel Sky News. Lives in London. "Almighty dollar" is her first book