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Scott Bessent: “Much of the Davos Consensus seems to have been shattered.”

Featuring: Scott Bessent, Republican | Secretary of the Treasury | National

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Published | Video Starts at 29:08

Again, you know, I think keeping the main thing, the main thing and not getting distracted, but because it feels good, it's convenient. It's kind of part of the Davos Consensus, which Much of the Davos Consensus seems to have been shattered. So I want to just take us to our third and last point and talk about trade offs, because all international financial institutions need to get back to the core point of trade offs. (29:08–29:11)

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Asserts that the Davos Consensus has largely been disrupted.

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