Author Archives: Yves Smith

Trump’s Impact on the Financial Sector and Global Dollar System

A wide-ranging review of how unccordinated Trump policies undermine the dollar and the international banking system, and even each other.

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Trump’s Intel Move Looks Like Performance, Not Policy

Yves here. It is remarkable how Trump seems to need to have his name in the hot lights, um, the headlines, all the time and is able to do so. Admittedly, liking bold gestures for their own sake, as opposed to whether they make any sense, helps by giving way more degrees of freedom. As […]

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