Here my translation (from a short article). Can someone help me ? In the history of monetary relations throughout the twentieth century, and in history in general, the dollar occupies a major place. This point of view is strongly agreed upon in France, but also shared by other countries in the world. The image of the "green banknote" as it is called, is inseparable from the United States. Money is certainly a symbol, and it often is used to represent political and social realities. The dollar, in that way, represents the American dream, but also the American nightmare. According to George Duhamel, the dollar has appeared as a clear and prominent symbol and of the American hegemony (could also say influence instead of hegemony). This is what, as president De Gaulle’s minister of the Finances Giscard d’Estaing says, "the exorbitant privilege" of the dollar is: international money generated by the strongest nation-State of the world, and at the same time, international money accepted as payment method by everyone.