How can BRICS de-dollarize the financial system?

BRICS plans to transform the international monetary and financial system, and discussed policies at the 2024 summit in Kazan, Russia. Can it successfully challenge the dominance of the US dollar? Political economist Radhika Desai is joined by Ben Norton and former central banker Kathleen Tyson, author of the book "Multicurrency Mercantilism".

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This is part of the show Geopolitical Economy Hour. You can watch other episodes of the program here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDAi0NdlN8hMl9DkPLikDDGccibhYHnDP

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0:00 Highlight

1:24 Intro: 2024 BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia

7:33 Evaluating BRICS proposal to improve financial system

16:47 De-dollarizing trade vs capital markets

24:50 Can a global currency solve the Triffin dilemma?

29:10 Investment flows from poor to rich

30:44 Capital controls

37:16 Could Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) be a new global reserve currency?

42:17 Can a currency backed by a basket of commodities help settle trade imbalances?

48:38 Financial deregulation, Glass-Steagall, and China

53:21 HSBC splits between West and East

55:18 How can central banks de-dollarize reserves?

1:02:35 Controlling finance

1:09:01 What can China do with its huge surplus?

1:16:11 Outro