Attractiveness of the dollar as compared to other things, its also true that a lot of these regimes are pretty multilateral, so in those circumstances, it doesnt really create competitive advantages to the dollar. I would say more importantly, the basic dimensions of why the dollar is the worlds reserve currency, at least as far as my eye can see, are unlikely to go away, and in particular, since its a comparative judgment, because Something Else would have to replace the dollar as the worlds reserve currency, as far as my eye can see, i couldnt see Something Else being a meaningful competitor. You know, not what i would call short and intermediate time horizons. You think about the alternatives, the euro, as someone said earlier, steve hadley or tom donovan, it wasnt 18 months ago we were worried about whether the euro was done. I think lots of questions about contract sanctity and other kinds of things, obviously currency is doing well relative to its history and certainly to chinas
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