This book is a monetary history recounting the century-long construction of the dollar's hegemony. From the rise of Wall Street in the 19th century to the establishment of the Bretton Woods system; from the miracle of the petrodollar to the illusion of quantitative easing; from the Federal Reserve's invisible rule to the algorithmic empire of AI finance, it reconstructs how the United States transformed itself into the "central bank" of the world through debt, war, technology, and trust. Using financial history as its main thread, it presents a panoramic view of the evolutionary trajectory from the gold standard to the debt standard to the algorithmic standard.
本书是一部讲述美元霸权百年建构的货币史。从19世纪华尔街的崛起，到布雷顿森林体系的确立；从石油美元的奇迹，到量化宽松的幻术；从美联储的隐形统治，到AI金融的算法帝国，重建了美国如何通过债务、战争、科技与信任把自己变成地球的“中央银行”。它以金融史为主线，全景式展现了“金本位-债务本位-算法本位”的演化轨迹。
本书是一部讲述美元霸权百年建构的货币史。从19世纪华尔街的崛起，到布雷顿森林体系的确立；从石油美元的奇迹，到量化宽松的幻术；从美联储的隐形统治，到AI金融的算法帝国，重建了美国如何通过债务、战争、科技与信任把自己变成地球的“中央银行”。它以金融史为主线，全景式展现了“金本位-债务本位-算法本位”的演化轨迹。
