Robin Brooks on the Dollar, Fiscal Dominance, and Geoeconomics
Description
Robin Brooks is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. Robin returns to the show to discuss his previous appearance in March of 2020, life at a think tank, the changing or not-so-much status of the dollar, Trump's trade war, the current landscape of geoeconomics and much more.
Check out the transcript for this week's episode, now with links.
Recorded on August 7th, 2025
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Timestamps
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:50 - Looking Back at the Pandemic War and Fiscal Dominance
00:07:07 - Robin's Career: From Wall Street to Think Tank
00:18:53 - The Status of the US Dollar
00:27:28 - The Trade War
00:32:40 - Deglobalization
00:39:29 - Geoeconomics
00:47:28 - Secondary Sanctions
00:55:23 - Outro
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