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May 17, 2023

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…

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Apr 5, 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…

The burden of proof lies with the proof of the burden

Karthik Sankaran

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Sep 30, 2021

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…

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Aug 11, 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…

America’s Back, But Missing From Its Backyard

Karthik Sankaran

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May 22, 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…

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Mar 25, 2021

Highway to the Target Zone

Or The Case for International Currency Cooperation

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Sep 16, 2020

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…

The Market Dollar & The IMFS Dollar

Karthik Sankaran

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Aug 10, 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…

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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