Reflections by Prof. Rainer Masera on the ISEA Panel at the Trento Festival: “The Role of the Dollar in a New World Order”

ISEA Centro Studi will participate in the Festival dell’Economia di Trento (May 22–25, 2025), contributing to high-level discussions on the transformations shaping the global economy.

In this context, ISEA Senior Fellow Prof. Rainer Stefano Masera offers a written reflection that delves into the themes addressed by ISEA’s panel titled “The Role of the Dollar in the Search for a New World Order.”

His commentary is structured into five sections:

  • 1. Introduction
    (Premessa)
  • 2. The United States: the ongoing confrontation with China for global supremacy
    (USA: il confronto in atto con la Cina per la supremazia mondiale)
  • 3. A first flashback: from Morgenthau to Marshall in the USA
    (Un primo flashback: da Morgenthau a Marshall negli USA)
  • 4. Other flashbacks with striking connections to current events in the world and in Europe
    (Altri flashback con impressionanti collegamenti con gli accadimenti in atto, nel Mondo e in Europa)
  • 5. Implications of technological advancements: AI, crypto systems, the multiplication and sentience of humanoid robots (HR)
    (Implicazioni degli avanzamenti tecnologici: AI, sistemi crypto, moltiplicazione e senzienza degli HR)

The full text of Prof. Masera’s commentary, in Italian, is available here [PDF].