Reserve Currency Status Benefits US Institutions But Not Regular Folk: Labor Economist

Reserve Currency Status Benefits US Institutions But Not Regular Folk: Labor Economist
Clyde Prestowitz, founder and president of the Economic Strategy Institute, listens during a session of the 4th edition of the Women's Forum for the Economy and Society "Building the future with women's vision" at the Congress center in Deauville, France, on Oct. 16, 2008. Mychele Daniau/AFP via Getty Images
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The U.S. dollar being the world’s reserve currency has only benefited American institutions and not regular workers, according to labor economist, founder, and president of the Economic Strategy Institute Clyde Prestowitz.

Prestovitz has served as an adviser to Presidents Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama, and as a counselor to the secretary of commerce in the Reagan administration.

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