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Dollar decline?

Is the US dollar going to be knocked off its perch as the only true global currency? Plus the man who named the Pentium chip and Blackberry phone explains what makes a great brand name.

Is the US dollar going to be knocked off its perch as the only true global currency?

Lesley Curwen talks to economist Barry Eichengreen, author of Exorbitant Privilege: the Rise and Fall of the Dollar.

Plus David Placek, the man who named the Pentium chip and Blackberry phone, explains what makes a great brand name.

And technology commentator Jeremy Wagstaff looks at what an 'internet of things' might mean for the users of smartphones.

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18 minutes

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Wed 21 Dec 2011 11:32GMT

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  • Wed 21 Dec 2011 11:32GMT

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