Di penghujung tahun 2008, dunia dikejutkan oleh 'tsunami' ekonomi global. Bencana ini berawal dari krisis keuangan di Amerika akibat kredit macet sektor properti di negeri itu. Krisis, selain dipicu bobroknya sistem keuangan AS, juga akibat kesalahan kebijakan luar negeri AS yang cenderung 'boros' dan mahal, seperti membiayai perang Irak. Akibatnya, AS terkubur utang luar negeri yang bakal menj…
President Nixon imposed national price controls and took the United States off the gold standard, an extreme measure intended to end an ongoing currency war that had destroyed faith in the U.S. dollar. Today we are engaged in a new currency war, and this time the consequences will be far worse than those that confronted Nixon.Currency wars are one of the most destructive and feared outcomes in …