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Mar 2022
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BREAKDOWN: The Bretton Woods III Thesis

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Is the world entering a new monetary order? This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, Arculus and FTX US.   Earlier this week, Credit Suisse strategist Zoltan Pozsar published a research memo titled “Bretton Woods III” that argued the West’s Russia sanctions were an inflection point moment that would push the world economy into a new world monetary order. In thi ... Show More
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