2 Nov 2018

The Wrong Way to Punish Iran


Is this the sign of an end to Dollar hegemony?
This is not an article written by a journalist or anti-US activist but two high profile figures one a former government body and the other a university professor.
I suggested recently that what Trump is doing is speeding up the process of an end to US and especially Dollar hegemony in the world. Here it is, I never thought the supporting arguments would come so fast and so profound like this one.
Henry J. Farrell is a professor of political science and international affairs at George Washington University. Abraham L. Newman is a professor in the School of Foreign Service and Government Department at Georgetown University.
New York Times:
By threatening to penalize Swift, the financial messaging service, the U.S. is alienating European allies and could undercut the dollar’s dominance.
Link to the full article here