Summer in Antarctica

The following article has been contributed by Tom of the North. Visit Tom’s web sites at Outside the Cardboard Box and the Looming Doom. Readers of my blogs probably know I write political/economic & apocalyptic satire strictly for my own entertainment....

Saving a Doomed Dollar: Plans B, C, D, and E

Reuters’ Emily Flitter asks in a recent column What is Plan B if China dumps its U.S. debt? It is worth asking about U.S. officials’ Plan B just in case one day relations take a surprise turn for the worse and Beijing dumps its holdings of U.S. treasuries....