just &quot;gaining experience&quot; in damaging the global economy through our own bad policy? I&#x27;d argue we&#x27;ve been doing that since Smoot-Hawley, or in the dying days of Bretton Woods (&quot;the dollar is our currency, but your problem&quot;)...<p>Isn&#x27;t there that old saying, &quot;when the US sneezes, the world catches a cold&quot;?