Eli5: Why is the U.S. Dollar so powerful?

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Eli5: Why is the U.S. Dollar so powerful?

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This is a great Planet Money podcast that explains how the US Dollar solidified it’s place as the global currency https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2017/04/28/526051566/episode-553-the-dollar-at-the-center-of-the-world