President Donald Trump wants a lower US dollar. He complains about the over-valuation of the American currency. Yet, is he right to accuse other countries
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Bretton Woods Is Dead: What Next?
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire has publicly admitted something normally reserved for backroom discussion in the circles of Europe’s governing elite at an event
Weaponizing the Dollar
The signs are mounting steadily now. As the Trump administration weaponizes the dollar in defense of American hegemony, it is prompting many other nations to
A World without Dollars? Are We Approaching the End of America’s Financial Order?
For Washington, the U.S. dollar is leverage, a financial weapon to dominate the world economy, to impose its foreign policy agendas and to secure a
Goodbye Dollar, It Was Nice Knowing You!
Over the past two years, the White House has initiated trade disputes, insulted allies and enemies alike, and withdrawn from or refused to ratify multinational
From Dollar Hegemony to Global Warming: Globalization, Glyphosate, and Doctrines of Consent
There has been an on-going tectonic shift in the West since the abandonment of the Bretton Woods agreement in 1971. This accelerated when the USSR
‘In Gold We Trust’: Waning Confidence in US Sends World’s Central Banks on Buying Spree
Governments around the world have recently been on a “gold-buying spree.” These countries have a tactful reason for doing so, and this reason is directly
Russia and China Are Containing the US to Reshape the World Order
Fortunately the world today is very different from that of 2003, Washington’s decrees are less effective in determining the world order. But in spite of
