Scott MacDonald scottmacdonald@smithsresearch.net scottmacdonald@smithsresearch.net Scott MacDonald is the Chief Economist for Smith's Research and Gradings. Most Recent The Global Economy, Markets and Risk Scott MacDonald Load More Latest Articles 1 Without Stablecoin Rewards, America Could Lose Payments Innovation by Emily Vartuhi Ekshian 2 If NATO Goes to War With Russia, East Asia Faces a Test by Ju Hyung Kim 3 Is America in Another Forever War? by Gerald Walker 4 How Journalism Survives Ukraine’s War by Scott Douglas Jacobsen 5 The Minab Massacre and the West’s Hierarchy of Victims by Hana Saada