How can BRICS de-dollarize the financial system? from Geopolitical Economy Report

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How can BRICS de-dollarize the financial system?

1 hour 17 minutes Posted Oct 29, 2024 at 2:07 am.

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Intro: 2024 BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia

Evaluating BRICS proposal to improve financial system

De-dollarizing trade vs capital markets

Can a global currency solve the Triffin dilemma?

Investment flows from poor to rich

Capital controls

Could Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) be a new global reserve currency?

Can a currency backed by a basket of commodities help settle trade imbalances?

Financial deregulation, Glass-Steagall, and China

HSBC splits between West and East

How can central banks de-dollarize reserves?

Controlling finance

What can China do with its huge surplus?

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BRICS plans to transform the international monetary and financial system, and discussed policies at the 2024 summit in Kazan, Russia. Can it successfully challenge the dominance of the US dollar? Political economist Radhika Desai is joined by Ben Norton and former central banker Kathleen Tyson, author of the book "Multicurrency Mercantilism".

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This is part of the show Geopolitical Economy Hour. You can watch other episodes of the program here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDAi0NdlN8hMl9DkPLikDDGccibhYHnDP

You can follow Kathleen on Twitter/X here: https://x.com/kathleen_tyson_

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