Cory Doctorow on Nostr: The US is losing control of the rest of the world, and Trump is accelerating this ...
The US is losing control of the rest of the world, and Trump is accelerating this phenomenon. Take de-dollarization: the US (and only the US) can make as many US dollars as it wants, so for so long as things around the world (oil, say) are available for sale in USD, the US can buy them on better terms than any other country in the world:
https://stephaniekelton.substack.com/p/trade-isnt-money-for-nothing22/
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