Research Paper: Bitcoin Disrupts International Monetary Policy
A recently published economic research paper argues that a global cryptocurrency would make international monetary policy impossible.
A recently published economic research paper argues that a global cryptocurrency would make international monetary policy impossible.
Let’s get the facts straight. At the New York hearings Division of Financial Service conference on Virtual Currencies held this last week we heard from a wide variety of characters who are in, worked with, or have taken a critical view of the currenc...
It started as a simple request. Would my old favorite economics teacher be willing to sit down and discuss Bitcoin with me? A quick chat where I could hash out some ideas that had been going through my head is what I had in mind. No such luck. “I am ...
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This is a guest post by Andrew Criscione who co-organizes the Mises Group in Boston, Ma. He hosted Jeffrey Tucker for a dinner with the Mises Group members and shared the experience. The Boston Austrian Economics Group held the event “Bitcoin and Bow...
Part of this article appears in Issue 20 In his pocket, Joe has an old leather wallet. It contains enough banknotes to buy him a brand new wallet of a better model he saw in a magazine. This buying power is exclusive to him, who alone can use those b...
Some people say money is the root of all evil. Others say its a necessary evil. Most can agree that it’s an important human innovation. But it hasn’t been widely acknowledged that the human desire for money can actually be used to peer into the futur...
There’s a vicious, global economic war raging and its outcome will be determinative for the destiny of humanity, and necessarily, also for Bitcoin. That sounds melodramatic, but it’s true. You don’t have to take my word for it. Warren Buffett, multi-...
Editor’s Note: This piece was originally published on Medium by Co-Founder of Bloq Inc. & Bitcoin Core Developer Jeff Garzik and Chief Scientist of the Bitcoin Foundation & Bitcoin Core Developer Gavin Andresen. Disclaimer: The following is personal ...