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Top Links 942 The global dollar zone. Italian unemployment. China's pharma surge & a multiplex world.

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  • Triffin dilemma 12 min read

    Directly relevant to understanding the structural tensions of the global dollar zone - explains why the US dollar's role as world reserve currency creates inherent contradictions between domestic and international monetary needs

  • Dosso Dossi 14 min read

    The article features his painting 'Portrait of a Young Man holding a Dog and a Cat' - readers would benefit from context about this Italian Renaissance painter from the Ferrara school who worked alongside Titian

  • Eurodollar 9 min read

    Essential context for understanding how the global dollar zone operates - Eurodollars are US dollars held outside the US banking system and form the backbone of international dollar-denominated finance discussed in the article

Top Links 942 The global dollar zone. Italian unemployment. China's pharma surge & a multiplex world.

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Dosso Dossi, Portrait of a young Man holding a Dog and a Cat, 16th Century

The United States and countries geopolitically close to it still dominate global finance

They account for roughly 65% of global external assets and liabilities. The share of China and countries geo…

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