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Parallel Currencies: More Poison than Panacea

This post was written more than six years ago, just before the French Presidential elections of 2017, but it was never published. Still…

May 17, 2023

May 17, 2023

The burden of proof lies with the proof of the burden

At his semi-annual congressional testimony in early March, Fed Chair Jay Powell was asked by Ohio Senator J.D. Vance (J.D.) if the role of…

Apr 5, 2023

The burden of proof lies with the proof of the burden

Apr 5, 2023

Savers? What are we? Germans?

“What about the savers?” a plaintive cry goes out every time the Fed lowers interest rates or reassures anxious markets that rates will…

Sep 30, 2021

Sep 30, 2021

America’s Back, But Missing From Its Backyard

“America’s back,” Joe Biden said recently at his first G7 meeting, seeking to reassure allies and to recruit them as partners in the US…

Aug 11, 2021

America’s Back, But Missing From Its Backyard

Aug 11, 2021

How I learned to stop worrying and (mostly)love the Euro.

This piece goes over many things I’ve said before in other places, tweets or threads, but I thought it worth doing for a couple of reasons…

May 22, 2021

May 22, 2021

Highway to the Target Zone

Or The Case for International Currency Cooperation

Mar 25, 2021

Mar 25, 2021

The Market Dollar & The IMFS Dollar

With a lot of recent talk about the USD system, and seeming interconnections between US current account deficits, the world’s demand for…

Sep 16, 2020

The Market Dollar & The IMFS Dollar

Sep 16, 2020

Is the US Ripe for Devolution?

Longtime followers of my Twitter career and my blog are undoubtedly familiar with my calls for greater devolution in the US,. See here…

Aug 10, 2020

Aug 10, 2020

Karthik Sankaran

Karthik Sankaran

Formerly many things — but posts here will most likely be about history, politics, or global macro markets. Dad Jokes a specialty but those are on Twitter.

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