Saturday , November 16 2024
Home / Mike Norman Economics / Dethroning the Dollar: Why the Alternatives Are Not Ready for Prime Time — Yves Smith

Dethroning the Dollar: Why the Alternatives Are Not Ready for Prime Time — Yves Smith

Summary:
Adding to the astute observations in the post below, the proven alternative is international settlement in gold, as was the case until the US unilaterally abrogated Bretton Woods. If history is a guide in this, the verdict is in. "The barbarous relic" rules. Could this actually happen? If things get crazy enough.In the final analysis, the means of settlement dictated by producers of vital is the determining factor. Economies don't run on financial instruments but real goods and especially the resources need to produce final goods for markets, that is, labor and natural resources, energy in particular, energy-use being the driver of modern civilization.Naked CapitalismDethroning the Dollar: Why the Alternatives Are Not Ready for Prime TimeYves SmithSee alsoMostly about the development and

Topics:
Mike Norman considers the following as important:

This could be interesting, too:

Mike Norman writes Class

Mike Norman writes Episode 8 (S2) of the Smith Family Manga is now available — Bill Mitchell

Michael Hudson writes Beyond Surface Economics: The Case for Structural Reform

Nick Falvo writes Homelessness planning during COVID

Adding to the astute observations in the post below, the proven alternative is international settlement in gold, as was the case until the US unilaterally abrogated Bretton Woods. If history is a guide in this, the verdict is in. "The barbarous relic" rules. Could this actually happen? If things get crazy enough.

In the final analysis, the means of settlement dictated by producers of vital is the determining factor. Economies don't run on financial instruments but real goods and especially the resources need to produce final goods for markets, that is, labor and natural resources, energy in particular, energy-use being the driver of modern civilization.

Naked Capitalism
Dethroning the Dollar: Why the Alternatives Are Not Ready for Prime Time
Yves Smith


See also

Mostly about the development and institution of the euro and lessons to be taken from it. Not MMT-based, which views the euro as ill-conceived.

Valdai Club
A Democratic Monetary Order
Dario Velo | Professor of Economics and Business Management at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Pavia
Mike Norman
Mike Norman is an economist and veteran trader whose career has spanned over 30 years on Wall Street. He is a former member and trader on the CME, NYMEX, COMEX and NYFE and he managed money for one of the largest hedge funds and ran a prop trading desk for Credit Suisse.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *