VERSIONS: روسيا اليوم NOTICIAS FREEVIDEO ИНОТВ RTД FIND US ON: YouTube Twitter
breakingnews
Go to main page   USA   News   “Dollar is like democracy – everything else is worse”  
MORE ON THE STORY
16.03.2010, 15:12 10 comments

“The Euro will collapse either totally or in part” – MEP

EU finance Ministers have assessed the financial lifeline for debt-stricken Greece. Any concrete decisions on the issue will be made by the European Commission, should Greece decide to formally request economic aid.

18.05.2010, 18:50 5 comments

Basis of Eurozone was fragile – European MP

The Eurozone is facing its biggest challenge to date as the currency crumbles under the weight of Greece's fiscal crisis.

AFP Photo / Joel Saget 19.05.2010, 20:17 5 comments

Euro slump due to planned Wall Street and Washington’s attack - William Engdahl

Germany's Chancellor Merkel says the Euro currency is at risk and that Europe faces its greatest challenge since the EU was formed.

05.08.2009, 23:09 5 comments

“Dollar’s future unstable”

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

Photo by Alexey Novikov 16.12.2009, 00:16 4 comments

Pay in US Starbucks with roubles?

American Congressman Ron Paul has introduced an act to legalize competing currencies, like gold and silver, to circulate next to the greenback.

09.10.2010, 01:25 2 comments

World economy breaking-up with US

As the US economy teeters on the edge of decline and a possible double dip recession, emerging economies continue to grow at a quick click.

AFP Photo DDP / Thomas Lohnes Germany out 19.05.2010, 04:52 2 comments

“Europe’s economic pain will bring pain to entire global economy” – US economist

There might be speculators who will gain from EU’s problems, but they are only a handful of people and a very small percentage of the total GDP involved, says Robert W. Fogel, American economic historian and scientist.

Protesters clash with riot police during a demonstration in the center of Athens on February 24, 2010 (AFP Photo / Aris Messinis ) 03.03.2010, 14:01 4 comments

Is Wall Street waging “economic warfare” against the euro?

With Greece reportedly set to announce stringent measures to offset its crippling financial crisis, are US financial forces working behind scenes against the euro?

08.10.2010, 18:11 4 comments

Rouble a spectator in currency drive to the bottom

With Finance ministers and heads of the Central banks calling for a halt to the currency wars, experts say commodity rich Russia remains a safe harbor.

12.10.2009, 20:50 1 comment

“Dropping the dollar? Not very realistic”

Speculation about dropping the dollar as the key trading currency, which would be of interest for the Russia-China partnership, aren’t realistic, said Natalia Zaderey from the Institute of Far Eastern Studies in Moscow.

“Dollar is like democracy – everything else is worse”

Published: 14 October, 2009, 04:46
Edited: 14 October, 2009, 17:01

United States, Washington (AFP Photo/Paul J. Richards)

(18.7Mb) embed video

TAGS: Crisis, Currencies, USA, Economy


The US dollar is gradually declining and emerging economies want its role in global commerce weakened. But the dollar is like democracy – everything else is worse, says Thomas Palley from the New America Foundation.

0 (24 votes)
 
Back to top
next MORE NEWS
Spain, Málaga: a decoration, representing a "peace dove", December 2006 (AFP Photo/ Jose Luis Roca) 13.10.2009, 22:28 1 comment

Negotiations over new START treaty “look very good”

“I expect that we’ll have a deal on December 5, and this will be a major part of resetting US-Russia relations,” Joseph Cirincione of Ploughshares Foundation told RT, commenting on Hillary Clinton’s visit to Moscow.

14.10.2009, 14:02 4 comments

Capitol Hill swarmed by immigration activists

America brands itself as “the land of opportunity”, but for millions of immigrants living there illegally, the only thing available to them is deportation.

Merovingen October 14, 2009, 08:10
0

IF dollar falls down - it will be good for me, because took the credit in dollars.