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Treasury Secretary Mnuchin's weak-dollar myopia is dangerous

  • Written by Benjamin J. Cohen, Professor of International Political Economy, University of California, Santa Barbara
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin walks through the snow at Davos. AP Photo/Markus Schreiber

Breaking with long-standing tradition, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin endorsed the weakening of the dollar as “good” for the United States.

Speaking during a panel at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 24, Mnuchin...

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