Central banks in developing countries end up having to issue bonds denominated in dollars or euros or yen to keep their exchange rate artificially stable. But by doing this, they’re stuck in a permanent debt trap.

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A predominant reason why the US has 850+ military bases around the world is to maintain a state of energy and food dependence within developing nations. The US had a great interest in impairing a country’s ability to grow its own food, and to instead to flood it with cheap grains.