Robin Brooks on the Dollar, Fiscal Dominance, and Geoeconomics

Robin Brooks on the Dollar, Fiscal Dominance, and Geoeconomics

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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