[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.]  Steve Hou [@stevehou0](/creator/twitter/stevehou0) on x 30.6K followers Created: 2025-07-12 10:22:45 UTC The US doesn’t export the dollar. It exports financial and software technologies. The reason US assets are craved globally is multifaceted, but primarily “US-centric global financial architecture backed by US military” and “US tech innovation”. Investors want exposure to financial and tech innovations and the US has been the only place to get it at scale and speed Perhaps this has come at the expense of lower end low margin manufacturing that’s actually crucial for national security, esp the production of advanced industrial components and key minerals. The US leaned into its comparative strength in a globalized economy. We just happen to live in a new reality now and some assumptions are no longer true and changes need to be made. But let’s not go hysterical and say everything that was done was wrong. I think the analogy with “Dutch disease” or natural resource curse is superficially cute, but fundamentally false. The US doesn’t have a low value-add natural resource or commodity curse. US shale oil and grains are not the reason why the US dollar is sought after and why global investors want to park money here. The Middle East has way more oil for a long time, did investors ever have desire to park money in the oil producing countries?  XXXXXX engagements  **Related Topics** [has been](/topic/has-been) [money](/topic/money) [Post Link](https://x.com/stevehou0/status/1943979336345808986)
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Steve Hou @stevehou0 on x 30.6K followers
Created: 2025-07-12 10:22:45 UTC
The US doesn’t export the dollar. It exports financial and software technologies. The reason US assets are craved globally is multifaceted, but primarily “US-centric global financial architecture backed by US military” and “US tech innovation”. Investors want exposure to financial and tech innovations and the US has been the only place to get it at scale and speed
Perhaps this has come at the expense of lower end low margin manufacturing that’s actually crucial for national security, esp the production of advanced industrial components and key minerals. The US leaned into its comparative strength in a globalized economy. We just happen to live in a new reality now and some assumptions are no longer true and changes need to be made. But let’s not go hysterical and say everything that was done was wrong.
I think the analogy with “Dutch disease” or natural resource curse is superficially cute, but fundamentally false. The US doesn’t have a low value-add natural resource or commodity curse. US shale oil and grains are not the reason why the US dollar is sought after and why global investors want to park money here. The Middle East has way more oil for a long time, did investors ever have desire to park money in the oil producing countries?
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