How Trump Could Kill the Dollar

About this episode

Brendan Greeley discusses the factors influencing the dollar's status and the implications of politicizing it.

Monetary historian Brendan Greeley explains why the dollar's power has nothing to do with the Fed, why crypto is just a bank in disguise, and why politicising the dollar might be the fastest way to end its reign as the world's reserve currency. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: David McWilliams, John Davis

Guest: Brendan Greeley

Topics covered

• monetary policy
• cryptocurrency
• US dollar
• politics
• reserve currency

Keywords

• dollar
• Fed
• crypto
• reserve currency
• politicizing currency

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Organizations: Acast

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