Thursday, September 27, 2012

Dollar Hegemony in the Empire of the Damned

Click here to access article by Colin Todhunter from GlobalResearch. 
Many commentators and economists wonder if the US is able to turn its ailing economy around. The reality is that it is bankrupt. However, as long as the dollar remains the world currency, the US can continue to pay its bills by simply printing more money. But once the world no longer accepts the dollar as world reserve currency, the US will no longer be able to continue to pay its way or to fund its wars by relying on what would then be a relatively valueless paper currency.
The author writes about the implications of this trend, some of which are very ominous.