Sleepwalking Into a Cashless Society
Central bank digital currencies would destroy any chance for financial privacy, but society is willingly moving in that direction.
Central bank digital currencies would destroy any chance for financial privacy, but society is willingly moving in that direction.
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Donald Trump believes that endless sanctions on Russia and Iran have serious downsides. So do Kamala Harris’ advisers.
In a recent interview, the Argentine president said he would have ended up in prison if he dollarized the economy.
The longer we wait to address our debt, the more painful it will be.
Most dangerously of all, they're starting to make their own central bank digital currencies.
Any new rules for the crypto market should protect entrepreneurs and investors from overzealous intervention, not subject them to it.
For the first time, most members in the U.S. Congress are millionaires.
"What the voters want is snake oil. They want something that makes them feels good"
Is the financial system ready for massive retailers to accept a competing currency?
The Fed's easy money policy
Home purchases are traditionally made in American currency
When the dollar is a refuge, you're screwed
Because of better-than-expected economic data
Loose monetary policy there, loose monetary policy here
Backup for when federal policy crushes the currency
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