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The Geopolitical Implications of a Too-Strong Dollar, Feat. Brent Johnson
A macro expert joins to discuss why the U.S. dollar and economy are more broadly poised to suck the liquidity from the entire global economy.
Updated Dec 11, 2022, 7:48 p.m. Published May 28, 2020, 7:00 p.m.
A macro expert joins to discuss why the U.S. dollar and economy are more broadly poised to suck the liquidity from the entire global economy.
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You know the meme: Money printer go brrr. It means inflation right?
Not necessarily, says Brent Johnson. Since 2016-2017, Johnson has been arguing the big economic issue of our time isn’t inflation of the U.S. dollar due to excess money printing, but the havoc caused by a global system where the dollar keeps getting stronger and sucks up liquidity from the rest of the world.
Read also: Why a Strong Dollar Is Bad for the US and Bad for the World, Feat. Lyn Alden
As the dollar has strengthened over the COVID-19 crisis, his ideas look more prescient than ever. In this conversation with NLW, Johnson discusses:
- What the “Dollar Milkshake Theory” is
- Why the implications of the theory stress him out, even though he created it
- Why everything is relative and no asset can be analyzed in a vacuum
- Why we could see the dollar, bitcoin and gold rise at the same time
- Why we can’t discuss macroeconomics without discussing geopolitics and even the military
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