Having dominated the global financial system through massive money printing, the United States is now trying to extend that influence into the real economy through tariffs and strategic subsidies. But in a world over-indebted and increasingly competitive, this new industrial hegemony risks costing more than the US economy can bear. After the 2008 financial crisis, the US stabilized its economy using quantitative easing (QE), a massive money printing policy made possible by the dollar's status