‘Stopping the escalation of the trade war benefits China, the U.S., and the whole world,’ he says.

Krugman admits that the economic consensus for free trade that has prevailed for decades has failed to recognize how globalization has skyrocketed inequality for America’s working and middle class workers.

“A bar of gold retains its value, even in times of crisis. This makes it the opposite of “shares, bonds and other securities” all of which have inherent risk and prices can go down.

It’s almost as if fiat currency isn’t real money…

A death blow to Facebook’s plans for libra.

Financial services, agricultural purchases also included

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