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They do have the best-performing stock market.

You can't print your way out of debt held in foreign currency. That's different.

Begs the question why anyone would lend US corps and institutions US dollars. In fact, increasingly, they're not. Which can create its own problematic scenarios.

It solves some problems, not all.

Printing money really isn't that big a problem if you know how to take it back from the public(aka taxes).

In fact if you have a strong enough tax collection system, printing is actually good because it cleans up debt by inflating it, provides liquidity, and has other benefits.

You just need to pull it back from the public intelligently.

DDC (dollar-denominated currency). That’s why. No such thing as a Zimbabwean denominated currency. That the rest of the world uses USD is the reason.