【雙魚之論】
Following World War II, the United States underpinned global economic
reconstruction through foreign aid and the absorptive capacity of its domestic
market. Operationally, this manifested as a twin circulation:
dollar-denominated assistance flowed outward, enabling recipient nations to
export goods to the United States; in turn, the dollar earnings from these
exports were largely reinvested in U.S. Treasury securities.
Compounding this dynamic, the United States assumed the preponderance of global
security expenditures over subsequent decades, thereby incurring persistent
fiscal deficits and mounting public debt to sustain the expansive scale of the
world economy.
Regrettably, the system was further strained by the 2008 global financial
crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic originating in Wuhan in late 2019. In response,
the United States and other economies pursued aggressive monetary easing,
injecting vast quantities of dollars and local-currency liquidity, which
exacerbated indebtedness and inflationary pressures.
Attempting to shrink the U.S. federal debt through conventional repayment
mechanisms would prove not merely dilatory but fundamentally impracticable, as
it would likely impose global deflationary costs or compromise international
security arrangements. A more innovative approach lies in leveraging stablecoins
to anchor or repatriate dollar liquidity. Only the United States, by virtue of
its monetary hegemony and institutional capacity, possesses both the conceptual
framework and the requisite resources to execute such a strategy.
戰後,美國以援助和本身的消費力(市場)撐起戰後的經濟復興成果。在實務上,就是:【美元援助→商品輸美】vs.【商品美元獲利→美國國債】的雙循環。加上美國長期擔負絕大部份的全球安全成本,結果是美國背負赤字與債務危機以支撐世界經濟規模。更不幸的是發生2008年的金融海嘯與2019年的武漢肺炎疫情,美國與各國以金融寬鬆政策釋放大量美元與各國幣貨幣,造成更多的債務與通膨。
這套模式若要以傳統的還債方式來降低美國國債規模,不僅緩不濟急,更嚴重的是不可行(全世界恐怕要付出通縮或安全的成本)。因此,以「穩定幣」來固定或回收美元會是個創新的好辦法。能想出這模式並具有實施本錢的國家,只有美國一國與美元而已。
穩定幣化解美國債務危機 吳嘉隆@財訊 20251008
川普上任後,表面上忙著處理貿易逆差,於是有關稅的推出,成為媒體的焦點,但其實美國經濟還有一個更大的問題,那就是財政赤字與債務危機。現在美國累積下來的國債已經超過36兆美元,每年光是利息支出就超過1兆美元,比國防預算還要多。