The euro shows both the promises and pitfalls of unified currency systems. Economic sovereignty remains a key barrier to global adoption. Digital innovations are changing traditional currency dynamics ...

What was the world's reserve currency before the U.S. dollar? The British pound. Before that? The Dutch guilder. Before the Dutch? The Spanish real. Each transition followed a pattern. The Dutch ...

What are Central Bank Digital Currencies? Know how government-backed digital money works, its impact on the stablecoin market ...

Technology is reshaping capital flows and currency dominance; data integrity is essential for financial stability Technology is poised to shake up the international monetary and financial system. How ...

2026 will likely be the year when we will start to see serious flaws, with the pure fiat global monetary system exposed. The root cause is the need for accommodating central bank policies in the face ...

Demand for stablecoins has risen significantly but the crypto assets shouldn’t be the mainstay of the future monetary system, a group representing the world’s top central banks said. Stablecoins, a ...

The overvalued dollar has benefits for Americans, but also costs. A true global currency might be the answer. America's international arrangements are too expensive for the country to sustain. These ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. A few years ago I wrote a piece, for Public Discourse, called “Montesquieu and the Monetary System.” It discussed our having fiat ...