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June 16, 2020

Crash of the Dollar? Is the US Dollar Doomed?

The US Dollar is in trouble. Many of us in the alternative media and several economists who were ignored by the mainstream media and others saw this coming many years ago. The mainstream media is now listening, in this case Bloomberg News in an opinion piece written by Stephen Roach, ‘A Crash in the Dollar Is Coming’ gives the reader...

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May 19, 2020

Saying Goodbye to the Dollar

The widening gap between the current state of the U.S. economy and the role of the dollar is nearing a tipping point. As America’s economic power relative to that of other countries and regions is shrinking, this means that the dollar will hold less and less of a privileged position. Until recently, the dollar had such an unrivaled dominance that...

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January 28, 2020

How the US Wages War to Prop up the Dollar

At Counterpunch, Michael Hudson has penned an important article that outlines the important connections between US foreign policy, oil, and the US dollar. In short, US foreign policy is geared very much toward controlling oil resources as part of a larger strategy to prop up the US dollar. Hudson writes: The assassination was intended to escalate America’s presence in Iraq...

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January 27, 2020

Uncle Sam Just Used Its Financial Nuclear Weapon Again

In August of 1945, the United States became the only country to drop nuclear bombs on an enemy. Hiroshima and Nagasaki were largely destroyed in the blink of an eye. And the Japanese had no choice but to surrender to the Allies, finally ending World War II. Ever since, world superpowers have been rapidly advancing weapons technology, constantly raising the...

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December 2, 2019

America’s Trade Policies Will End Up Destroying the Dollar

America’s tariffs against China are already showing signs of undermining the global economy and will create a funding crisis for the Federal Government when it leads to foreigners no longer buying US Treasury debt and selling down their existing dollar holdings. A subversive attempt by America to divert global portfolio investment from China by destabilising Hong Kong will force China...

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December 1, 2019

The Destruction of the Dollar

“Inflation” occurs when the creation of currency outruns the creation of real wealth it can bid for… It isn’t caused by price increases; rather, it causes price increases. Inflation is not caused by the butcher, the baker, or the auto maker, although they usually get blamed. On the contrary, by producing real wealth, they fight the effects of inflation. Inflation...

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November 29, 2019

Iran’s Barter Trade Deals with China, By-Passing the US-Dollar, “Dedollarizing” Her Economy

According to a PressTV Report of 24 November, 2019, Iran and China are working on a trade or barter deal that would circumvent US sanctions. It would bypass US-dollar denominated transactions, exchanging Iranian oil for Chinese goods and services and investments. The head of the Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (TCCIMA), Masoud Khansari told Teheran’s Tasnim news...

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November 11, 2019

No One Knows What Comes After the Dollar Exit, Only That It’s Inevitable

Irrespective of where you reside in the world, chances are you feel some sense of unease, a nagging concern for the future and a deep instinctual understanding that an era you knew and navigated your entire life is slipping away and won’t be coming back. We’ve been witnessing widespread protest and unrest across countries with distinct political and economic systems,...

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Crash of the Dollar? Is the US Dollar Doomed?

Saying Goodbye to the Dollar

How the US Wages War to Prop up the Dollar

Uncle Sam Just Used Its Financial Nuclear Weapon Again

America’s Trade Policies Will End Up Destroying the Dollar

The Destruction of the Dollar

Iran’s Barter Trade Deals with China, By-Passing the US-Dollar, “Dedollarizing” Her Economy

No One Knows What Comes After the Dollar Exit, Only That It’s Inevitable