BREAKDOWN: Why a Strong Dollar Is Bad for the US and Bad for the World, Feat. Lyn Alden

This episode is sponsored by ErisX, The Stellar Development Foundation and Grayscale Digital Large Cap Investment Fund.
The dollar has a unique role in the world due to its reserve currency status. For many years that status has created incredible opportunities for the U.S. Increasingly, however, some are wondering if the global standard has outlived its usefulness - not only for the world but for the U.S., too.
In this illuminating conversation, one of FinTwit’s brightest minds, Lyn Alden, shares her perspective on:

Why we’re at the end of a strong dollar cycle

Why the Federal Reserve is terrified of the global dollar shortage

The difference in creditor vs. debtor nations

The concept of the Triffin dilemma 

Why Japan has been able to print money without seeing rampant inflation 

Why we have inflationary and deflationary forces competing to influence the U.S. economy 

Why debt is going to matter more than ever 

What alternatives to the USD system might look like

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