A woman leaves a currency exchange office in St Petersburg, Russia. Photo: AP
A woman leaves a currency exchange office in St Petersburg, Russia. Photo: AP
James A. Fok
Opinion

Opinion

Macroscope by James A. Fok

Why it is in US interests to give up its dollar privilege to forge a more neutral financial order

  • A system in which the global financial commons can be weaponised by the dominant power may favour the US now, but not when it slips from its perch
  • American industry and people are also paying a price for their country to maintain its exorbitant privilege