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Joseph Larsen Twitter: JosephLarsen2

I'm a graduate of the Master's program in International Relations at Central European University in Budapest. I spend most of my time traveling in Eastern Europe and the post-Soviet space, writing about politics and economics in Europe and the US.
  • The Plight of the Fragile Five

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    One need not be a conspiracy theorist to feel uneasy about the power of the Federal Reserve. The American central bank is the world’s most influential financial institution, controlling the supply of the dollar, the global reserve currency. Its objectives aren’t always straightforward, as are those of the European Central […]