The Threat to the Dollar
Born in Belgium in 1911, educated at Louvain university and at Harvard, ROBERT TRIFFIN became an American citizen in 1942 and since then has played a major role in numerous monetary and banking reorganizations in Latin America and in the planning and negotiation of the European Payments Union. He is professor of economics at Yale University and the author of several books, the most recent being GOLD AND THE DOLLAR CRISIS, published last year by the Yale University Press.