The 2008 financial crisis represented a legitimate crisis of confidence in the dollar system because the crisis was caused by dollar dominance and exposed the dangers of depending on a single currency, leading to justified international complaints about the dollar's hegemonic role.
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Paul BluesteinEvidence Quote
“the global financial crisis I would say was the one you know there was just so much of a all right we're done with this system and there was quite legitimate the complaints about the dollar dominance at that point because it had contributed to the crisis”
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Will the U.S. Dollar Survive the Breakdown of the International System? | Paul Blustein— Hidden ForcesCreated: 8/11/2026, 7:11:47 AM
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