Scott Bessent on the Global Stage: From Soros’s Sorcerer to Potential Treasury Kingmaker
Scott Bessent, the man who once turned George Soros’s quantum-sized headaches into a tidy 10-figure profit, now finds himself auditioning for the role of global economic soothsayer. Treasury Secretary? Perhaps. Headline magnet? Absolutely. Either way, the world’s bond traders have already started practicing their deep-breathing exercises, because when Bessent speaks, sovereign yields have been known…