Are we shifting, slowly but relentlessly towards a multipolar or at least a bipolar currency regime ? That highly strategic debate has been open for quite some time now which leads some observers to conclude – a bit hastily maybe – that this is some kind of never-ending story. In other words, the lack of truly credible alternatives to the US dollar implies, according to them, that the whole debate is bound to remain essentially theoretical, however convincing the arguments for enhanced polarity may objectively be and grow in credibility.

Contrary to a widespread belief, the true ultimate driver of long-term inflation is not commodity prices nor supply chain disruption. It is wages. That is because inflation is essentially a redistribution of wealth between owners of financial assets and other creditors on the one hand, to workers, producers of tangible goods or debtors on the other. Such redistribution depends on the balance of power between those stakeholders.