Xi Came In Through The Belgrade Window, Egypt's Pyramid Scheme, Per Capita No Cap

Belgrade. Budapest. It’s not the classic tourist itinerary – but by his very footprints, Xi Jinping’s historic state visit is redrawing the power map of Europe. What does the continent look like once he’s done stomping about? Meanwhile, the Pound is in deep trouble - the Egyptian Pound, that is. As the land of the pharaohs takes a 45 % haircut on its currency, Egypt is spreading its multipolar tentacles. They’ve announced that they’re going to be settling their trade debts in currencies other than the US dollar. Egypt is the world’s biggest importer of grain. Russia is the world’s biggest exporter of grain. You do the math. Per capita GDP should be the default way to understand whether we’re all getting richer. But for years, Europe’s treasuries have been juicing their growth numbers simply by adding more people.Now, with 13 countries in per capita recession, the migration-driven growth model is coming under the microscope as never before. Is Human Quantitative Easing about to unwind? *** Be excellent to each other, and -Get us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/multipolarpodOn Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/multipolarity Or on our Substack: https://substack.com/@multipolaritypod