>> Read interview published by Truthout

In a discussion with C.J. Polychroniou, PERI Co-Director Gerald Epstein explains the role the dollar plays as an international currency in maintaining U.S. global hegemony, discusses how imperialism helps to boost the currency role of the dollar, and analyzes whether de-dollarization is really happening and how the loss of the dollar’s reserve currency status could affect both the U.S. and the world economy.