Rumor Mill: New Reserve Currency May Rock U.S. Dollar in October (Op-Ed)
Westerners are funny people. Westerners have never experienced currency devaluation, EVER! “The Almighty Dollar” has ruled the world their entire lives. Telling a Westerner there might be a problem with the U.S. Dollar is like saying the sun might not show up tomorrow morning. It has never happened; could never happen! Well, it turns out the U.S. Dollar isn’t as “almighty” as it used to be, and some new global currency might be ready to shock the world, literally. And no, I’m not talking about Bitcoin. Before I get into what the exact problem is for Westerners, and really the world as a....
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