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A New World: Is It Transfiguring Itself? 20
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Demystifying Swiss Banking : The Grandfather of Clandestine Banking 3
Crypto currency: A Sound Investment or A Passing Trend? 11
The intriguing history of Swiss bank secrecy dates back to over 300 hundred years ago to 1713. The Grand Council of Geneva, a Cantonal Council in Switzerland adopted a code of secrecy which refrained bankers to reveal any information related to clients’ accounts without their permission or prior approval. Bankers that violated the confidentiality of the account were required to pay some damages to the latter for it amounts to infringement of civil and commercial codes. Henceforth, several events followed which strengthened the secrecy system of Swiss banking.
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The Grandfather of Clandestine Banking
By: Saurav Garg (University of Delhi)
DEMYSTIFYING SWISS BANKING
What is Switzerland famous for – The Alps, watches, chocolates?? Certainly, however, in the Corporate world, it is infamous for an aspect – BANKING AND FINANCIAL SERVICES. Nirav Modi held ₹283cr in Swiss bank accounts followed by Vijay Mallya at ₹170cr and on an aggregate basis Indian kitty in Swiss banks summed up to a whopping ₹30000cr. Why is it common to find fraudsters’ money in Swiss banks?? Why is the Indian money growing in these banks at whistleblower before?? We will deconstruct the entire Swiss banking system and its characteristics that make it ‘the most desirable’ bank not only for India but globally.
In the 1930s suffering from the effects of the First World War and The Great Depression– a byproduct of WWI, Germany and France announced the search for taxable funds to bring their derailed economies back on track. Following the orders, the authorities raided the Paris office of Basler Handelsbank which revealed an unaccounted 1 billion French francs and on the German
HISTORY
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Switzerland has often been used by high-net-worth individuals (HNIs) to evade taxes and accumulate wealth for their upcoming generations. Whenever foreign client deposits money into Swiss accounts the laws prohibit the bank to disclose any information to tax authorities and also the bank is not bothered about the tax liability of the individual thus a win-win situation for the depositor. One of the main attractions is the difference between tax evasion and tax fraud, in Switzerland if a person fails to disclose true income that will amount to tax evasion and it will be
In 1984, a national referendum was held by Switzerland to make a constitutional amendment which would open bank records for inspection by tax authorities but it got rejected as an overwhelming 73% of people voted against it and favoured bank secrecy. Thus over time secrecy in banking systems was maintained and strengthened by the passage of various laws and regulations and that too with the consent of citizens.
SCANDALOUS TAX HAVEN
According to Financial Secrecy Index, Switzerland's banking services have been the most lenient rendering it a premier tax haven since the 1900s.
counterpart holding money in Swiss bank accounts was an offence severally punishable and in extreme cases even amounting to capital punishment. These were done to oppose the secrecy laws of Swiss banking but it proved counterproductive as Switzerland instead passed The Banking Act of 1934(Article 47) in which if disclosure of information by any Swiss banker will be a criminal offence besides being a commercial and civil offence rendering the person in jail for up to 5 years and fine up to USD$250000.
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The Swiss Banking System has remained adamant about its laws for it strictly observes and makes sure that the confidentiality of all bank records is being maintained and no infringement is being done by the bankers thus making it all the more difficult for tax authorities to access information to find the actual tax liability and an added advantage to individuals and businesses to evade taxes. If there is any infringement of The Banking Act of 1934 then the whistleblower has to face federal arrest warrants, numerous fines and professional setbacks thus giving a huge blow to his career as is observed in the case of Rudolf Elmer.
In the above case, Rudolf was a private banker with a bank named Julius Bar and he disclosed some confidential information and the alleged role of Julius Bar in tax evasion for which he was convicted by the Swiss authorities for breaching the secrecy laws of the land. Moreover, there are several such cases like the case of Bradley Birkenfeld, Christopher Melli etc.
considered only a civil offence, on the other hand, only active deception of tax will be considered tax fraud which will amount to financial crime but as stated earlier the law prohibits banks to disclose information to tax authorities thus making it easier for individuals to evade taxes.
STRICT ADHERENCE TO LAWS
Thus, deliberately formed laws and loopholes in laws formed make Switzerland a true tax haven and overflow the economy with money and capital of foreign nationals.
With the globalized pressure, Switzerland has agreed to exchange information about its client bank accounts with participating tax authorities around the world. It has adopted CRS (Common Reporting Standards) as a part of destructing the secrecy laws. Under CRS the Swiss Banks would exchange information about foreign account holders with their respective countries as a measure to crack down on tax evasion and tax fraud.
Absolutely. What looks so good on paper may not be the same in reality and this is exactly the case with Switzerland. Even though it has cracked down on its secrecy laws but Swiss accounts are still a refuge for Hand Criminals and businesses to safeguard their enormous wealth. The Swiss commitment to CRS has created ambiguity in the country wherein Switzerland’s banks could take clean money from their clients in industrialized, developed countries which were a part of the automatic exchange of information agreements but on the contrary, it has not shut doors to its potential dubious clients from developing countries where authorities investigating tax evasion do not have access to clients’ secret Swiss accounts.
IS BANKING SECRECY DEAD??
So Switzerland was and is the most attractive tax haven for the concerned people.
GLOBAL IMPACT
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In order to fathom the impact of the secrecy laws of Swiss banking on the world, we can categorize the world into two segments— one comprising the developed and the other of developing nations. The Secrecy laws of Swiss banking have truly created an unequal global
But doesn’t this sound too good to be true???
financial system leading to the accumulation of wealth in some hands and emptying the pockets of Theothers.shocks of such laws for developed nations are not felt much as these are cushioned by the huge per capita income and GDP of the country. For example, even if 10% of people in the USA hold their wealth in Swiss bank accounts it won’t make much difference for the entire economy as it will be compensated for.
But for developing countries, the effects of such are like a never-ending spiral because if for example, 10% of people of any developing country transfer funds to Swiss accounts, which won’t only lead to a cash crunch in the transferor country but also it will reduce tax revenue to a great extent as people who will be keeping money in such accounts must be high net worth individuals and in developing countries there is not an abundance of HNIs leading to the budget deficit and then it will have its dire consequences.
Hence, in this way, the mysterious Swiss Banking system has been impacting the global banking and financial system for decades.
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Critique on the Credit Creation Theory of banking
The second and more practical theory of money creation is the fractional reserve theory. This theory became more prevalent after the 1960s, and it was the basis of the capital adequacy based financial regulations. This theory stems from the concept of the money multiplier, which is explained as follows. Let us say a bank receives 100₹ of deposit from A. Let us say the bank keeps 10₹ as a reserve according to regulation and lends out the 90₹ remaining to B. That 90₹ also becomes a deposit in a bank. The deposit by B also goes through the same process; reserve kept of 9₹ and the bank lent out 81₹ to C, and so on. This way, 100₹ of DEPOSIT CREATED SEVERAL LOANS and had a ‘multiple folds’ effect on the credit creation in the economy. The multiple here will simply be 1/Reserve Ratio (1/10% in our case), and this is called the money multiplier. This theory uses a more practical approach as it considers the reserve kept by the bank, and it does not directly equate the deposits to the amount of loans given. We can see there is a multiple-fold creation of money as well in this model through lending, and all the deposits after the first one stemmed out of the loans given. It is indirectly pointing toward how LOANS CREATED DEPOSITS. On the spectrum from ideality to practicality, this theory sets in the middle, explaining both sides of our question.
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By: Udit Gaur (SJMSOM, IIT Bombay)
Ideality and practicality do not go hand in hand. Be it in science or economics. Theories develop under the assumptions of ideality, but real-life throws in deviations and errors. The three theories of money creation in the economy, namely the financial intermediation theory, fractional reserve theory, and the credit creation theory, fall on the spectrum of ideality and practicality. This article attempts to explain and compare the three contrasting theories and present a view regarding money creation in the economy.
Do deposits create loans, or loans create deposits?
The easiest to understand and most ideal-looking theory for banking is the financial intermediation theory. This theory explains the role of banks only as an intermediator of money flow in the economy. It says that people and organisations deposit their money in the bank in the expectation of a return, and banks lend out these deposits in the form of loans at a higher rate while earning a spread margin in between. This theory is the most primitive and idealistic in nature. It means that the DEPOSITS CREATE LOANS – If there are not enough deposits, the bank cannot make a loan. It would have been a great explanation of the banking system if we assumed the banks had no special powers and only worked on their own cash while not keeping any interbank or central bank reserves. It was the most prevalent theory till the 1930s, and it could not explain banking failures.
The third theory, which adds all the practical factors into the discussion, is the credit creation theory. This theory is different from the other two theories in maintaining that banks are not only intermediaries of fund flow but they also create money in the economy. The way they
create money out of thin air is based on a series of accounting steps explained as follows. Let us say a bank lent 100₹ to a person A. It will account 100₹ increase on its asset side of the balance sheet, and a corresponding increase of 100₹ would be there in the account payables. Now, banks do an accounting operation in which they can show an increase in account payables as an increase in deposits, as money is given to A in a bank account in the same bank. This balances the situation (both sides of the book increased by 100₹), and the bank's balance sheet expanded by 100₹. This was possible because the physical cash circulating in any economy is always a fraction of the total money in the economy. E.g., 14.81% currently for the Indian economy. Most of the money is in deposits, and these deposits are created through debt issued by banks. Banks do not source all this lending from deposits. The paper by Richard A. Werner shows empirical evidence for this theory and backs this view of money being created by a bank through lending. This money will be circulating in the economy in the form of deposits. We can see in this case
LOANS CREATE DEPOSITS.
Now the question arises why do banks not infinitely keep creating more deposits and earn through more loans? The answer lies in net margin earned and provisions. Banks must keep a certain amount of provisions for every loan created by the bank. Higher the riskiness of the loan, the higher the provisioning. If a bank creates a high number of loans, the interest rate earned on loans would decrease, and the provisions would go higher. High loans will lead to high NPAs (bad debt), and eventually, provisions would be eaten up in cases of defaults. The NIM earned by the bank would be hurt by bad debt. Thus, we see there is always a balancing act between credit creation and NIM earning capability.
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The final opinion of the author of this article is that conventional thinking, bound with assumptions of ideality favours ‘DEPOSITS CREATE LOANS,’ but new age practical thinking, supported by macroeconomic events and empirical research strengthens the case for ‘LOANS CREATE DEPOSITS.’
If we note the fact that depositors do not cash out deposits all at once, and banks maintain cash reserves in various measures, this theory makes a lot of sense on the operational side. The downside of this credit creation process could be seen in the 2007-08 crisis. Sub-par lending and consecutive securitization of bad debt shot up the property prices, and an eventual bust led to the global financial crisis. The theory fits perfectly in explaining the bubble, and it also points toward the need for more research on this theory backed by empirical work.
The financial intermediation and fractional reserve theory strengthen the argument towards deposits creating loans but their inability to explain financial crashes makes a strong case towards loans creating deposits. The credit creation theory explains the deposit-led market and the indirect role of the central bank in controlling the monetary supply. It also explains why banks are systemically more important for any economy (to the extent of becoming too big to fail) and also explains the balancing act of risk management in the banks’ operations.
1.References:Werner, Richard. (2014). Can Banks Individually Create Money Out of Nothing? – The Theories and the Empirical Evidence. International Review of Financial Analysis. 36. 10.1016/j.irfa.2014.07.015.
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2. Freimanis, Kristaps & Šenfelde, Maija. (2019). Credit creation theory and financial intermediation theory: different insights on banks’ operations. 10.3846/cibmee.2019.033.
3. RBI – Reserve Money for the week ended August 05, 2022 and Money Supply for the fortnight ended July 29, 2022. Press Release: 2022-2023/694
The consensus model, a fault torrent mechanism through which block chain technology operates, legitimizes the occurrence of a transaction, thus rendering crypto-currency as a safe and secure asset class. Moreover, the trades are irreversible and not modifiable.
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By: Aishwarya Saxena (Lucknow University)
Crypto currency is a decentralized, digital medium of exchange that does not rely on banks to confirm transactions. Cryptography preserves the integrity and security of the transactions, hence its name. It is not issued by the Government and is thus free of political interference. It is a form of payment that can be exchanged for goods and services.
The advent of digitization increased access to global market information and the Internet, and enhanced smartphone penetration and attractive returns have elevated crypto currency to one of the most popular financial assets classes. Crypto currencies have an average return of approximately twenty times more than conventional financial assets like equities. However, these handsome returns are accompanied by profound risk, much higher than others.
CRYPTOCURRENCY: A SOUND INVESTMENT OR A PASSING TREND?
Block-chain technology is a decentralized digital ledger that systematically records transaction information that is impossible to edit. It enables the existence of crypto-currency by recording the transactions most securely.
2) Flexibility: Crypto currency can be traded 24x7 making it very flexible for traders to organize trading on any day.
5) No Third Party: The decentralized nature of crypto-currency trading enables one to own and store one's assets without involving any third party. There is no exchange or intermediary to determine the value of investments. Thus, traders have the liberty to maximize profits from the prevailing exchange rates.
WHY IS CRYPTOCURRENCY GAINING WORLDWIDE ACCEPTANCE?
Bitcoin miners compete and solve complex algorithms to add new Bitcoins into circulation. It involves the use of expensive computers and significant amounts of electricity. Due to the high volatility of prices of Bitcoins, it is a rare possibility for miners to ascertain in advance the amount they would generate from the Bitcoins they mined.
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3) Safe: Crypto currency uses block chain technology. The consensus model used by Block chain ensures that the information is impossible to edit. The transactions are encrypted. They are very transparent owing to open source and publically verifiable technology.
4) Suitable for long-term investment: They are generally perceived as a good choice for long-term investment, post-retirement savings, or much-needed financial buffer amid a sudden economic crisis because of the persistent upward trend in their values.
1) Deflationary Asset: Crypto currencies are limited in supply, and their purchasing power increases over time. All crypto currencies have an algorithm that seals a cap on their total supply.
WHAT IS THE BITCOIN MECHANISM?
2) Ether: Its purpose is to facilitate transactions on Ethereum, a platform that enables the creation of smart contracts by using block chain technology. Not only is ether a crypto currency but also a software development sandbox.
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Bitcoins are stored in digital wallets apps on smartphones or computers. One can receive coins in these digital wallets and send them to others through these apps.
Block chain is a public ledger in which each transaction is recorded. Thus, the history and details of each transaction can be traced, significantly reducing the chances of fraudulent activities.
MULTIPLICITY OF CRYPTOCURRENCIES
Every type of crypto currency is suited for a specific purpose. Therefore, it would not be justifiable to declare anyone as the best. Some of the most popular crypto currencies are:
1) Bitcoin: It was the first decentralized crypto currency, which uses Block chain technology. There is no need for any third party to verify the transactions as Block chain acts as a public ledger, providing the history of all the transactions. The chances of fraudulent activities are reduced significantly.
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5) XRP (Ripple): It is based on the digital payments platform RippleNet. Its purpose is to reduce the transaction costs involved in cross-border funds transfer. It also serves the financial institutions to scale digital payments worldwide.
3) Binance coin: Binance is used as a crypto currency, but its primary purpose was to facilitate payment of fees on Binance Exchange and boost Binance's decentralized exchange for building apps.
4) Tether: It is a stable coin whose tokens in circulation are backed by an equivalent amount of US dollars. The motive is to amalgamate the stability of fiat currency with the benefits of crypto currency.
6) Dogecoin: It is an altcoin, launched as a meme in December 2013. Its mascot is the image of a Shiba Inu dog. Thanks to the support of prominent personalities like Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Mark Cuban, its value skyrocketed. It facilitates ease in transactions and lacks any limit on the number of coins created over time.
Crypto currencies in existence have an aggregate value of around $1.5 trillion. Of this, 60% of the total value comes from Bitcoins, the most popular. Satoshi Nakamoto launched Bitcoin in 2009. Till March 2021, there were 18.6 million Bitcoins in circulation with a total market cap of approximately $927 billion.
7) Easy transfer of funds: It dramatically improves the speed of domestic and international transactions. Verification of transactions involves very little time as the barriers are significantly less.
5) Currency Exchanges finish smoothly: Several crypto currency wallets and exchanges help convert fiat currencies across the world into another by trading in crypto currency. This involves minimum transaction fees. It can be bought using other currencies like US Dollar, Indian Rupee or Japanese Yen.
2) Self-managed: Transactions involving crypto currency are stored by miners on their hardware. They receive a transaction fee as a gift for doing so. They ensure that the transactions are recorded accurately, thus upholding the integrity of crypto currencies.
WHAT MAKES CRYPTOCURRENCY A UNIQUE INVESTMENT AS PER ITS PROPONENTS?
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1) Protection from Inflation: The ASCII computer file puts a cap on the maximum quantity that can be mined of any coin. Thus, they are limited in supply. Over time, as the demand would continue to rise, its value would continue to grow, protecting it from the threat of a fall in purchasing power due to inflation in the economy.
3) Lack of Centralization: They are usually regulated by miners or companies that developed the crypto currency. Decentralization prevents monopoly by depriving any particular organization of the power of controlling their flow in the market.
4) Economical: The transaction fees involved in crypto currencies are almost negligible. This is because of eliminating third parties like VISA or PayPal to verify transactions. This makes them a cost-effective mode of transaction.
6) Secure and Private: Crypto currency uses block chain technology. The consensus model used by Block chain ensures that the information is impossible to edit. The transactions are encrypted. They are very transparent owing to open source and publically verifiable technology.
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WHY DO CONSERVATIVE INVESTORS AVOID CRYPTOCURRENCY?
2) Risk of Data Loss: If a user loses their private key, they would never be able to reaccess it. The wallet would be locked permanently with the coins in it. This may cause massive loss to the user.
7) Vulnerable to hacks: Most exchanges store the wallet data of users. If this data is hacked, hackers can access many accounts and transfer funds from those accounts. Exchanges like Bitfinex and Mt Gox have previously experienced hacking, and thousands of Bitcoins were stolen.
3) The power lies in a few hands: Though crypto currencies are decentralized, the flow of some of them can be regulated by their creators. They may indulge in speculation to influence the market value of these crypto currencies. For example, manipulations caused the value of Bitcoin to double several times in 2017.
6) High consumption of energy: Bitcoin miners compete and solve complex algorithms. This process adds new Bitcoins into circulation. It involves the use of expensive computers and significant amounts of electricity. Many Bitcoin miners are situated in China use coal to produce electricity. As a result, China's carbon has increased enormously recently.
5) No refund or cancellation: The facility of restitution is not available in crypto currency transactions. As a result, in case of dispute between the concerned parties or mistake involving funds sent to the wrong account, the transaction cannot be reversed.
1) Illegal Transactions: Due to the high privacy and security of crypto currency transactions, Government cannot trace down the users by their wallet address. Bitcoin has been earlier used to finance illegal transactions involving buying drugs on the dark web or to acquire money illicitly.
4) Buying NFTs with other tokens: Some crypto currencies can only be traded in one or some fiat currencies. As a result, users have to convert them into more circulated coins like Bitcoin or Ethereum first and then through other exchanges. This adds to the costs and causes inconvenience.
2014-2016: Several new exchanges are launched. Demonetization leads to a further spike in the number of Exchanges.
2013: Crypto currency exchange Uno coin is launched, making crypto currency accessible to Indians.
Supreme Court overturns.
A BRIEF TIMELINE OF CRYPTOCURRENCY MARKET IN INDIA
2008: Satoshi Nakamoto publishes a paper outlining the concept of Bitcoin.
April 6, 2018: RBI issues a circular banning all financial entities from dealing with any entity dealing in crypto currency.
RBI issues advisory against crypto currencies.
2021: Bitcoin’s value reaches $64000 as the prices double.
Oct 2018: WazirX Ceo launches a Twitter campaign urging conducive crypto
2010: First commercial transaction of Bitcoin takes place
March 2018: WazirX commences operations. It is later acquired by Binance and becomes India’s largest crypto currency exchange.
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May 2018: Several crypto currency exchanges approach the Supreme Court to overturn RBI's ban.
regulation.March2020:
2017: Bitcoin prices shoot from $2500 to $ 20000. Search interest in Bitcoin goes up 20 times. RBI and Finance Ministry cautions the public against crypto currency. Two PILs are filed in the Supreme Court against crypto currency.
RBI ban. Interest in crypto currencies is increasing worldwide owing to the pandemic.
EXPLORING THE SCOPE OF CRYPTOCURRENCY IN INDIA
Siddharth Menon, COO of WazirX, believes that conducive regulations that would protect the interest of investors and promote the growth of the crypto industry will help develop the ecosystem. Experts say that a healthy start-up ecosystem has sprawled up in the digital currency
Reportsindustry.say
According to crypto enthusiasts, a blanket ban on crypto currencies is not on the cards as the Government has realized that crypto assets are not a threat to the national currency.
that crypto currency may be allowed as an asset class in the future, but the Government would not accept it as a legal tender. Block chain technology possesses the potential to make our payment system more efficient. Government must aim at controlling money laundering and other ransom ware through statutory measures.
India needs to learn from other countries' mistakes and intelligent practices like the USA and Singapore trying to regulate crypto currencies through legislative measures.
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A complete ban, however, would not be a feasible option. India will be left behind if it attempts to ignore the trend that has taken over the world presently.
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What is multipolar? As it was defined after COVID-19, in a multipolar economic world, there are groups of nations that have enough influence and incentive to pursue economic strategies that, if achieved, do not substantially follow the same direction as other global power centers.
A New World: Is It Transfiguring Itself?
By: Souptik Dirghangi (Narasinha Dutt College)
It's the year 2050 and we have witnessed a massive change in our society, a paradigm shift that we saw coming to shape in the year 2021 and here we are now with areas of power clusters in different parts of the world. From a unipolar world before the pandemic of COVID-19 to a multipolar world of the USA, China leading the pack with India following closely behind, it's a massive transfer of power in geopolitics. With China surpassing the US in total GDP and India close to 20 trillion economies, it is a change in respect of economic terms we are seeing in 2050. Not only China, the USA, and India but also Japan, the EU, and Russia are in the mix with the Arab countries and the oil mongering states like Brazil, Iran, and Iraq also taking their bit of share and a major group of voice in the world but let us apprehend what led to this cause of the shift in the power structure.
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A lack of clear mechanism by Europe for challenging its interconnectedness with both the US and China and also a lack of clear strategy in their way ahead. A consensus-based mechanism is not present as blocking attempts to appoint different candidates to important roles is also seen as a major barrier in the present world. The transition taking place from formal institutions to unilateral action and informal multilateralism is a sign of advancement of the multipolar world. What's more important is the fact that the emergence of the New Development Bank(earlier BRICS bank), Asia Infrastructure Bank, and China’s BRI project are getting more important which leads to the shift in society. These banks help in providing a boost to a broader investment with the key feature of economic cycles and financial markets becoming free of US-centric and are more multipolar. It is driving key changes in global commodity prices, bond, and equity market returns as well as industrial production cycles. As we look for a multipolar world we should also look into a rule-based multipolar economic order with supply chains that have become tools of political coercion.
Currently, this is best seen in the different tracks of the US, China, Europe, India, and Russia all dealing with countries in their ways and trying to form groups so that there is a presence felt everywhere like ‘QUAD’ or ‘I2U2’ about their intended policy direction regarding global economic interconnectedness. Surprisingly, India which is still evolving and has a GDP of 3.3 trillion is one of the key powers to have influence everywhere be it the non-aligned approach towards both the USA as well as Russia or in engagement with so many different countries and is keen to achieve as a powerhouse of manufacturing in the years to come.
Therefore, as investment and opportunities grow in the emerging markets with companies actively pushing for their presence in these companies, the emergence of one or other dominant currencies would follow with a global monetary system. The sheer bulk of foreign reserves and sovereign wealth funds amount to almost three-quarters of all foreign reserves in the world which has created a huge pool for these investments. The improved policies which the governments are working upon have helped emerging market corporations to play an important role in cross-border investment and global business, The current approach rests on three premises i.e. centralization of US currency, the North-South portal, and the economic stability in the
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Why multipolarity? There is a considerable amount of understanding of why countries are bending toward it. The US hasn't been the dominant power force after the 2008 recession as it was after the cold war which saw an end of bipolar power. Even during the pandemic countries couldn't trust the Americans as their preparedness to handle a pandemic wasn't justified and policies are still being addressed in the US. The diversification of supply chains was also an issue that was thought about for quite some time for companies that have made the transition to adopting such policies in the government. The tensions related to the US-China relationship are also a major reason as tensions rise due to Taiwan and Hongkong with no status quo in trade deals, things are likely to get worse.
world. This was the economic order after World war two and got more consolidated after the cold war. It was based on an amalgamation of the implicit economy and security arrangements. Another reason why there is a shift toward a new world is the homegrown giants who have made a mark in the world of these countries in particular sectors are putting pressure on their present establishments to have economic reforms so as an increased blending with global markets and their economies just like companies from advanced economies have done so for the past halfLevelerscentury.
like all pervasive technology, distributed supply chains and relatively cheap goods have helped in dissipating power and dilution of hegemony especially in Asia. Though History has seen that multipolar world is short lived as it's unstable and has its disadvantages with one entity in the search of the mantle of more or rather great power has completely destroyed itself just like the Greeks have done it or the Italian Maritimes republic or the Europe concerts are very much illustrative. We need to look at Asia specifically as China is on the verge of becoming a superpower and India on its way to become a good power. We need to realize that there has been a negative friction between them which is also a major reason to have a balance of power in the Indo Pacific and diffuse the aggressiveness of the Chinese which can often lead to an unstable Asia. Though foreign ministers of both the countries have mentioned that for Asia to grow both China and India must have a deep and a positive relationship as China wants India to come under its fold but with conditions applied. Therefore, it is debatable that vital powers of Asia must be in peace in order to have fluidity among the Asian economies as a whole with proper functioning of multipolarism. Hence, at the same time, it should be a critical aspect that major developed economies work in tandem to make policies that take into account their growing interdependency with developing countries. Thus, more and more, global governance will be depending on the leveraging of interdependency to nourish international collaboration and boost worldwide prosperity and well-being.
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