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Sam Fraser – Trump is doing his best to undermine Dollar hegemony, but it won’t disappear so fast

June 23, 2026 Ben 0

There are important structural reasons why ‘the Greenback’ will retain its position as global reserve currency, despite Trump’s recklessness. Sam Fraser is a writer based in New York City. He holds a Master’s in International […]

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Michael Hudson, Ben Norton – The oil shock that could break the global financial system

March 31, 2026 Ben 0

It’s difficult to overestimate the extent to which this war is re-making the world order. Michael Hudson’s Killing the Host, The Collapse of Antiquity and The Destiny of Civilization are published by CounterPunch Books. Ben Norton is editor of the […]

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Michael Hudson – Thinking About the Unthinkable: Iran’s Grand Plan to End U.S. Presence in the Middle East

March 9, 2026 Ben 1

This is a war which will have big consequences not just for regional hegemony, but for the future of American power full stop. Michael Hudson’s Killing the Host, The Collapse of Antiquity and The Destiny of Civilization are published by […]

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Bruno De Conti, Jordi Schröder Bosch – Europe’s imperative to de-dollarise in a world of erratic US ‘leadership’

July 28, 2025 Ben 0

The ECB relies on the Federal Reserve for dollar liquidity in a crisis – what happens if the Fed decided to turn off the dollar tap? Cross-posted from Positive Money The European Central Bank (ECB) […]

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Richard D. Wolff, Michael Hudson – The Horizon Nears on America’s Free Financial Ride

March 4, 2025 Ben 0

Is the rising price of gold a threat to dollar hegemony? Cross-posted from Michael Hudson’s blog NIMA ALKHORSHID: Hi everybody, today is Thursday, February 20, 2025, and our friends Richard Wolff and Michael Hudson are […]

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Michael Hudson – US Cryptocurrency as an Offshore Banking Centre

June 18, 2024 Ben 0

The US needs to attract foreign currency to maintain the Dollar’s hegemonic position: what better way than via cryptocurrency? Michael Hudson is an American economist, a professor of economics at the University of Missouri–Kansas City, […]

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US-China relations and the decline of US dominance: Interview with Jeffrey D. Sachs

July 4, 2023 Ben 0

Sachs talks about Ukraine, de-dollarisation, Taiwan, the Middle East and more in this transcript from an interview with ‘The Creative Process – One Planet podcast / Pearls and Irritations’. Jeffrey D. Sachs, Professor of Sustainable Development and […]

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Justin Podur – Are we living through a De-Dollarization?

June 26, 2023 Ben 0

An in-depth analysis of the forces driving the weakening of the dollar’s position as global reserve currency. Justin Podur is Associate Professor of Environmental Studies at York University, Canada and author of ‘Haiti’s New Dictatorship’ […]

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Economics

Michael Roberts – A multipolar world and the dollar

April 23, 2023 Ben 0

European Central Bank chief Christine Lagarde’s speech to the US Council of Foreign Relations was revealing of the fear among western elites that their global power may be slipping away Michael Roberts is an Economist in […]

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Reindustrialise Britain – A Strategy for Wealth Creation by Costas Lapavitsas, Larry Elliot, and Doug Nicholls

September 4, 2026 0

Book Review by Mathew D. Rose With the exception of the Epstein Class and the Professional and Managerial Caste in Britain there is now a broad consensus that neo-liberalism has failed the nation. It has […]

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Designing Global Economic Equality: The Making and Unmaking of Global Egalitarian Policies at the United Nations by Christian Christiansen

June 11, 2026 0

Reviewed by Branko Milanović The just published book by Christian Christiansen Designing Global Economic Equality: The Making and Unmaking of Global Egalitarian Policies at the United Nations provides an intellectual review of the history of […]

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