Jun 3, 2022

Examining the world’s economic power structure with Ray Dalio

Bridgewater Associates founder Ray Dalio said the U.S.’s relative power on the world stage is deteriorating while China’s is growing. Kimberly White/Getty Images

The founder and co-chief investment officer of Bridgewater Associates unveiled a system for scoring the relative power of the world’s top economic superpowers at Davos last week. In our interview, Dalio touches upon the many dynamics and factors that went into his system, the Country Power Score Index. Christopher Low joins us for our markets discussion on Jobs Day, where we find that U.S. employers added 300,000 jobs in May.

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Bridgewater Associates founder Ray Dalio said the U.S.’s relative power on the world stage is deteriorating while China’s is growing.

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