#175 Yan Liang: China, Trade & Reforming The System
The MMT Podcast with Patricia Pino & Christian Reilly
The Chinese Yuan and the US Debt Crisis
There are a lot of debates about the dollarization, how Chinese Yuan may in some ways replace the dollar or at least dethrone the dollar's hegemonic status. But I think the real question is do we simply want to replace one currency with the other? Or do we want to reform the system so that we don't have the need for financial instability and the need to accumulate foreign exchange reserves. We have over half of these low income countries are either indeed debt distress or at the brink of debt distress. There's no really workable pathway right now. And I think that is the big problem that the system is really failing and we need to change that.
Patricia & Christian talk to Kremer Endowed Chair of Economics at Willamette University, Professor Yan Liang about China’s economy, international trade, sovereign wealth funds, de-dollarisation, and more.
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- Episode 65 - Phil Armstrong: Understanding Inflation: https://www.patreon.com/posts/40672678
- Episode 104 - John T Harvey: Inflation, Stagflation & Healing The Nation: https://www.patreon.com/posts/52207835
- Episode 123 - Warren Mosler: Understanding The Price Level And Inflation: https://www.patreon.com/posts/59856379
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- Episode 143 - Paul Sheard: What Is Quantitative Easing?: https://www.patreon.com/posts/71589989?pr=true
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More on Silicon Valley Bank and bank runs:
- Episode 162 - Warren Mosler: Anatomy Of A Bank Run: https://www.patreon.com/posts/80157783?pr=true
- Episode 163 - L. Randall Wray: Breaking Banks - The Fed’s Magical Monetarist Thinking Strikes Again: https://www.patreon.com/posts/80479169?pr=true
- Episode 165 - Robert Hockett: Sparking An Industrial Renewal By Building Banks Better: https://www.patreon.com/posts/81084983?pr=true
- MMT founder Warren Mosler’s Proposals for the Treasury, the Federal Reserve, the FDIC, and the Banking System: https://neweconomicperspectives.org/2010/02/warren-moslers-proposals-for-treasury.html
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