Stiglitz predicted in his book, Making Globalization Work, that eventually reserve currencies such as dollar would depreciate, making them ill-suited for reserves.

FORBES: Cause of U.S. Trade Deficit: Money Flows Uphill

He has also written several books, including Globalization and Its Discontents, The Roaring Nineties, Towards a New Paradigm in Monetary Economics, Fair Trade For All, Making Globalization Work, The Three Trillion Dollar War: The True Cost of the Iraq Conflict and Freefall: America, Free Markets, and the Sinking of the World Economy.

FORBES: Intelligent Investing Briefing Book