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Mon Dieu! French Way to Weaning World Off USD

And so France takes the helm of the G20. A few months ago, French President Nicolas Sarkozy--like his predecessor Charles de Gaulle of "exorbitant privilege" fame (see Barry Eichengreen'…

G-20 Cops Out on Currencies, CA Balances

Continuing from the previous post , there has been some lip service paid to what must be done about "international currency war" and global economic imbalances in the G-20 communique. For t…

Today's US G-20 Gimmick: Geithner on CA Limits

Here's more from the white man & forked tongue department: Perhaps unsurprisingly, the Yanks are first out of the chute prior to this weekend's G-20 gathering in South Korea with yet anot…
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