The Best Way to Compete with China Is to Free the Economy
There is no danger of China truly freeing its economy and thus really rivaling America's more market-based system.
There is no danger of China truly freeing its economy and thus really rivaling America's more market-based system.
A major catalyst behind the collapse of the Bretton Woods system was the loose monetary policies of the US central bank, which pushed the price of gold in the gold market above the official $35 per ounce.
If a currency can't be converted on demand into the underlying commodity, it's not "backed" by that commodity.
What America is facing are the illogical trade policies of an economically illiterate president in the White House.
International exchange and economic freedom are mutually reinforcing, while protectionism is a form of political control.
Here are two ways to gauge the strength of the world economy.