The linked report is excellent and deserves more attention:
The United States exploits the world's wealth with the help of "seigniorage." It costs only about 17 cents to produce a 100 dollar bill, but other countries had to pony up 100 dollar of actual goods in order to obtain one. It was pointed out more than half a century ago, that the United States enjoyed exorbitant privilege and deficit without tears created by its dollar, and used the worthless paper note to plunder the resources and factories of other nations.
The CFA (garbage emitted by French government for more than 25 African countries) is worth noting too. Fees to emit it are crazy, fr government take 30% salary directly on any workers there. The ones who say colonial times are over don't see shit, or play blind
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