[who_would_fardels_bear]

Blah blah blah financial instruments blah blah blah market positions blah blah blah currency exchange rates blah blah blah...

Absolutely nothing about real products and real services to real people. Nothing about supply outstripping demand or unable to meet it.

So the real world gets to go into a massive gut-wrenching depression that could result in the deaths of thousands of people because of the virtual reality world of modern banking.

Talk about the tail wagging the dog.

[Uncle Miltie]

Starving the Russian bear is extremely interesting. They can’t much survive if the ruble is not convertible.

Look for internal collapse.....