In his recent book, "Exorbitant Privilege", Mr Eichengreen argues that a reserve-currency system will emerge in which the dollar, the euro and the yuan share the privileges and the responsibilities.
But what about the exorbitant cost of books caused by the oligopoly that produces them?
Yet, even this "exorbitant privilege" – as Barry Eichengreen titled his book about the dollar being the center of the international financial system – was not enough to assure the world that Republicans would not cause disruption by attempting the impossible.
The $3.5 million to the writer and star of the HBO comedy "Girls" for her first book seems a bit exorbitant, if not inappropriate, given that the publishing industry is said to be in trouble economically, and that it deprives probably a hundred apprentice writers from being subsidized.
And when other hotels are charging exorbitant rates during high season, you can still book online for Web specials (from £169 to £200) that include a Continental breakfast, served in the courthouse's original skylighted waiting room.
"Citizen Kane" is richer in the spirit of true expansiveness and dubious grandeur, of exorbitant pomp, mad desire, and incurable need than any direct adaptation of the book has been; it wouldn't have taken more than a few tweaks to turn the young Orson Welles, playing the young Charles Foster Kane, into the cinema's ultimate and definitive Gatsby.
While this may seem ghastly, perhaps what is more ironic is that rather than rolling back exorbitant and hidden fees, Ryanair has shown its sensitivity to criticisms of their pricing models by putting together a book for clients about how to navigate and avoid some fees (such as paying with a proprietary Ryanair pre-paid MasterCard).
In his book, Changing Destiny, a kind of personal mission statement published last week, he stressed the need to limit the "exorbitant power of finance in our country".
The thrill was exorbitant.
Prices are often exorbitant.
