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“Dollar’s future unstable”

Published: 05 August, 2009, 23:09
Edited: 26 August, 2010, 13:03

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The dollar’s role as the world's main currency is over and its future is unstable, says author and journalist Webster Tarpley.

Meanwhile, the US Senate could soon approve a $2 billion plan for a car trade-in program called cash-for-clunkers. Its aim is to encourage people to buy more fuel efficient models.

It is all part of the bail-out plan to save the struggling US economy. However, experts fear Obama's methods will lead to an economic crash.

For his part, President Barack Obama has recently said that the US is witnessing the beginning of the end of the recession. He says new figures show progress is being made, with the economy shrinking less than expected.

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Sir Gray November 12, 2010, 13:21
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This is and has been the agenda for the european central bankerswho under the disguise as the federal reserve will collapse economy in order to continue the war economy that has been the bankers power since 1910.  When the peoples stop banking then what will the bankers do then?

Enrique August 26, 2010, 07:40
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Webster Tarpley is a "larouchie", part of the team of the American (Democrat) politician Lyndon Larouche, and that is why he talks about Gold and dislikes the Euro...

ivan May 27, 2010, 09:50
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So little time. Could RT somehow perhaps do some longer length interviews. If they are too long for tv audience maybe it could be done for the online community. Just a thought. Hard to sum up global complexities in 5 minutes.