{"product_id":"brics-and-all-that-are-russia-and-china-trying-to-destroy-the-almighty-dollar-paperback","title":"BRICS and All That: Are Russia and China Trying to Destroy the Almighty Dollar? - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJefferson Hane Weaver\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFive countries hop on a group chat...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBRICS is an international development organization founded in 2009 by its namesake charter members: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. These countries wanted to create an international trading and monetary system to counter the dollar-denominated global economy dominated by the United States and its European and Asian allies. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBRICS AND ALL THAT offers a humorous account-held together by a sturdy thread of fact-of the events and personalities that have shaped the development of the BRICS organization over the past two decades. This book gently immerses the reader in the language of international finance using a mix of light-hearted vignettes and narratives. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBRICS AND ALL THAT provides unconventional histories of the two grouchy countries-China and Russia-who have been at the forefront of efforts to end the U.S. dollar's role as the global reserve currency. It also shows how development loans are underwritten by the organization's New Development Bank-which was originally envisioned by the BRICS founders as a potential challenger to the IMF and the World Bank. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBRICS AND ALL THAT gives a summary of the pros and cons of BRICS-highlighting both its successes and its failures during its first two decades. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDead economists ranging from Adam Smith and David Ricardo to John Maynard Keynes and Milton Friedman have not refused to embrace BRICS AND ALL THAT as a worthy successor to Adam Smith's \u003cem\u003eWealth of Nations\u003c\/em\u003e. Yet Smith's seminal, albeit dated, masterwork-unlike BRICS AND ALL THAT-offers little information about such weighty topics as reserve currencies and the loan underwriting processes for large-scale projects such as hydroelectric dams. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is not endorsed by any heads of state.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJefferson Hane Weaver\u003c\/strong\u003e's previous work with Armin Lear Press is ECONOMICS AND ALL THAT, a humorous-and factual-explanation of key topics in economics. He is also the author of numerous books including WHAT ARE THE ODDS? He received his undergraduate degree in Economics and Politi-cal Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He also received his J.D. and his Ph.D. from Columbia University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 322\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.72 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 02, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52332552749330,"sku":"9781963271881","price":33.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0941\/2211\/5346\/files\/Uoj05vN1bu9781963271881.webp?v=1780376582","url":"https:\/\/ckbookstore.net\/products\/brics-and-all-that-are-russia-and-china-trying-to-destroy-the-almighty-dollar-paperback","provider":"CK BOOKSTORE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}