The Wall Street Journal

Scott Bessent sees a coming ‘global economic reordering'

Scott Bessent sees a coming ‘global economic reordering'
Scott Bessent. (Image: Getty)
The Wall Street Journal
By Peter Rudegeair and Gregory Zuckerman Scott Bessent spent the past 40 years studying economic history. Now, as Donald Trump’s choice to lead the Treasury Department, he has the chance to make his mark on it.As a hedge-fund manager, first at George Soros’s firm and later at his own, Bessent specialized in macroinvesting, or analyzing geopolitical situations and economic data to wager on big-picture market moves. He generated billions of dollars in profits betting on and against currencies, interest rates, stocks and othe...

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